Karnataka cabinet decides to bring rules to check RSS activities in public places, govt institutions

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : " The objective behind the government order is to ensure good use of government and institutional properties and to prevent activities without permission and trespass, the minister stated.
57% : One can conduct programmes only after securing official nod, Patil said, adding there will be rules and regulations to hold such events.
52% : BENGALURU: The Karnataka Cabinet on Thursday decided to bring rules, apparently to check RSS activities, including marching on the roads and holding events in public places and government premises The cabinet decision came days after Information Technology and Biotechnology Minister Priyank Kharge wrote to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah seeking a ban on RSS activities and its affiliated organisations.
51% : Therefore, it is hereby directed that permission should not be given for any reason to hold non-educational events on school premises and playgrounds," the circular issued back in 2013 had said.
51% : " The minister, son of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, had recently urged Chief Minister Siddaramiah to impose a ban on all RSS activities in government institutions and public premises across the state, stating that such actions are contrary to India's unity and the spirit of the Constitution.
48% : The Cabinet directed the department to provide the government order to all concerned regarding the proper usage of government institution properties, to prevent any trespassing in government schools and colleges and to regulate such premises," Patil said.
44% : The circular issued in February 2013, by the then Commissioner for Public Instruction S R Umashankar, now released by the Chief Minister's office, is seen as a move by the Congress government to counter BJP's criticism against plans to restrict RSS activities in public premises.
34% : Kharge further said, "even as the circular remains in force, the organisation named RSS is shamelessly treating schools as the property of Hedgewar's (RSS founder) family to conduct its activities.

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