A political row has erupted in Karnataka after Minister Priyank Kharge wrote to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah seeking a ban on Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activities in government premises.

In his letter, the Rural Development and IT Minister alleged that the RSS was spreading divisive ideas among children and youth by conducting shakhas and gatherings in government schools, playgrounds, and temples. He urged the Chief Minister to impose a complete ban on such programmes, calling them unconstitutional and against the spirit of national unity.

Soon after, the Karnataka BJP shared an old photograph of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge visiting an RSS event at Nagavara in Bengaluru in 2002, when he was the state’s Home Minister.

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