Overview
- The Karnataka IT/BT minister asked why the RSS has not registered as an NGO despite being described as the world's largest volunteer organisation, pressing for donor and funding transparency.
- He questioned whether an unregistered group should be allowed to conduct march-pasts and raised concerns about legal responsibility if unrest occurs.
- Kharge criticised taxpayer-funded, high-level security for RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, noting such protocols are typically reserved for top Union ministers.
- Local officials denied permission for an RSS march in Chittapur on 19 October; the organisation approached the Karnataka High Court after proposing a new date, and a court-directed fresh meeting between RSS and Dalit groups is scheduled for 7 March.
- BJP MP Lehar Singh Siroya alleged Kharge is creating chaos to benefit Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, while Karnataka minister Dinesh Gundu Rao accused the RSS of fostering communalism and cited violence linked to its ideology.