Overview
- Priyank Kharge said he has received threatening and abusive calls since writing to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to stop RSS activities on government premises, posting the allegation on X on Tuesday.
- Kharge told media he is not seeking a prohibition on the RSS itself and argued that activities should move to private spaces rather than schools, colleges, universities, public grounds, or archaeological sites.
- Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said he has asked the Chief Secretary to study measures used in Tamil Nadu to restrict RSS activities on public property.
- BJP leaders mounted a coordinated rebuttal, accusing Kharge of distraction and poor performance, defending the RSS’s social-service record, and inviting him to a public debate.
- Kharge’s letter followed a day of RSS events across Bengaluru, some on school and other government grounds, and no administrative order implementing a ban has been announced.