Tamil Nadu Model: Lesson in containing RSS without a ban

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : This flexibility gives the organisation a wide reach and makes it a significant force in both social and political life.
58% : The Tamil Nadu Model: Restricting Without Banning The DMK-led Tamil Nadu government has developed a practical model to contain the RSS through administrative measures rather than confrontation.
52% : Using executive orders, police directives, and departmental circulars, the state limits RSS activities in government offices, schools, and public spaces.
51% : The same year, Bhat was invited to inaugurate the postgraduate students' council at Mangalore University -- an incident that many saw as proof of how deeply the RSS ideology has penetrated public institutions.
51% : This approach avoids legal complications while ensuring that public institutions remain ideologically neutral.
50% : Local authorities have since applied this rule to prevent RSS shakhas and non-school activities in government campuses.
50% : * Ban on RSS Events in Government Premises The Tamil Nadu government has prohibited RSS from holding shakhas, training camps, or public meetings on government land, in buildings, or in aided institutions.
50% : The aim is to prevent ideological indoctrination and maintain secularism in state institutions.
47% : It is a model that focuses on governance rather than politics using existing laws to prevent misuse of public property for ideological mobilisation.
45% : A Wake-Up Call for Secular Governments Non-BJP, secular state governments have recently started recognising the challenges posed by the RSS's growing influence.
39% : The model avoids direct confrontation while ensuring that public institutions do not become tools of ideological influence.
38% : The organisation has also faced allegations of involvement in violence targeting minority communities, documented by judicial commissions and human rights groups.
37% : When any organisation is allowed to hold mass rallies with full administrative backing, use schools or temples for mobilisation, and turn religion into a political weapon, it becomes a threat to democratic governance.

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