The Karnataka High Court on Thursday allowed the RSS to conduct a long-pending route march at Chittapur in Kalaburagi – the home turf of state minister Priyank Kharge, and one that had turned into a flashpoint between the ruling Congress and the Sangh.

The route march, however, was allowed with certain conditions even as the high court noted that the tehsildar of Chittapur had already granted permission for the event scheduled on November 16.

The permission comes after weeks of legal wrangling and a court directive allowing the march under strict conditions. Justice MGS Kamal disposed of the petition filed by Ashok Patil, convener of the Kalaburagi unit of the RSS, permitting the organisation to conduct its route march on November 16 with 300 participants and a 50-member band.

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