Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Sunday defended the decision making prior permission mandatory for any private organisation, association or a group of persons to use government property or premises, and said they were only enforcing the orders of the earlier BJP regime.
He also sought to play down the allegations that the government's order issued on Saturday was targeted at restricting the RSS activities.
"We have not spoken about anyone (specifically). Certain orders were made by the BJP government in the past when Jagadish Shettar was the chief minister. To implement those orders, we have redefined it. We have not made any changes. We have continued with the orders made by the BJP government," Shivakumar told reporters here in response to a question.