Overview

• Speaking at the University of Mysore’s Ambedkar Study Centre silver jubilee, the Karnataka chief minister warned against associating with those he described as opposing social change.
• He said the RSS and Sangh Parivar opposed B. R. Ambedkar’s Constitution and alleged they still do, urging citizens to remain vigilant.
• Challenging narratives about Ambedkar’s electoral defeat, he cited Ambedkar’s note naming V. D. Savarkar and S. A. Dange rather than the Congress.
• Referring to a recent shoe-throwing attempt at CJI B. R. Gavai, he said the act reflected the persistence of orthodox and casteist elements.
• After his remarks drew wider attention, he clarified that Karnataka’s rule on using government and public spaces applies to any organisation and is framed as a law-and-order measure, as party colleagues and BJP critics weighed in.