Study Tamil Nadu curbs on RSS: Siddaramaiah to chief secretary

BAGALKOT/BENGALURU: CM Siddaramaiah Monday said he had instructed Karnataka's chief secretary to examine Tamil Nadu's decision to restrict RSS activities on government premises.The directive comes after IT/BT minister Priyank Kharge shot off a letter dated October 4 to him, seeking TN-like curbs on the organisation's activities in Karnataka. "Priyank Kharge has written a letter. He has said RSS is using govt premises, and he wants us to do what the govt in Tamil Nadu has done. I have told the chief secretary (Shalini Rajneesh) to verify what has been done in TN," Siddaramaiah said. In Tamil Nadu, police permission is mandatory for staging any RSS event in public places.In his letter, Priyank, son of AICC chief Mallikarjun Kharge, alleged RSS conducts its 'shakhas' in govt and govt-aided schools as well as on public grounds, "where slogans are shouted, negative ideas are instilled in minds of children". TNN