{"id":20487,"date":"2025-10-24T09:06:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T09:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/24\/facing-rss-backlash-karnataka-govt-may-drop-bill-regulating-public-space-use-politics-news\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T09:06:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T09:06:12","slug":"facing-rss-backlash-karnataka-govt-may-drop-bill-regulating-public-space-use-politics-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/24\/facing-rss-backlash-karnataka-govt-may-drop-bill-regulating-public-space-use-politics-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Facing RSS Backlash, Karnataka Govt May Drop Bill Regulating Public Space Use | Politics News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) volunteers participate in a Path Sanchalan programme to mark the organization’s centenary year, in Bengaluru, Karnataka. (IMAGE: PTI) <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

Amid backlash from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and after several cabinet ministers raised concerns that a proposed bill regulating public spaces could affect not just the RSS but other private organisations as well, the Karnataka government may drop the order to regulate the use of state-owned properties by private entities, sources told CNN-News18.<\/p>\n

According to sources, the draft of the \u201cRegulation of Use of Government Premises and Properties Bill, 2025″ will now be sent \u201cto cold storage.” The government, they added, will likely rely on existing administrative orders to manage how permissions are granted to private organisations seeking to use government properties.<\/p>\n

The Congress-led government had earlier maintained that the bill required more inter-departmental consultations and feedback. However, sources said that after a review of the draft, the plan to push the legislation forward has been \u201csent to the cold storage”.<\/p>\n

The draft bill, accessed by CNN-News18, proposed imprisonment of up to two years or a fine of \u20b950,000\u2014or both\u2014for violations. Repeat offenders could face imprisonment of up to five years and a fine of \u20b91 lakh.<\/p>\n

The proposal came shortly after the RSS held route marches and centenary events across Bengaluru on October 11. Days earlier, on October 4, state IT and Biotech Minister Priyank Kharge had written to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah urging him to ban RSS activities on government-run premises, arguing they were \u201ccontrary to India\u2019s unity and the spirit of the Constitution.”<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot control any organisation, but from now on you cannot do whatever you want in public places or roads. Whatever you have to do, it has to be done after seeking the government\u2019s permission,” he had written.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn organisation called the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has been conducting its shakhas in government and government-aided schools, as well as in public grounds, where slogans are shouted and negative ideas are instilled in the minds of children and youth”.<\/p>\n

BY Vijayendra, the state BJP chief, hit back by sharing a photograph of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge \u2014 Priyank Kharge\u2019s father \u2014 attending preparations for the RSS Samarasata Sangama in Bengaluru\u2019s Nagawara in 2002, when he was the state home minister.<\/p>\n

It should be noted that the government order issued on October 18 did not directly mention the RSS.<\/p>\n

The bill also made headlines earlier this month after a cook at a Karnataka government hostel, employed on contract, was allegedly suspended for participating in an RSS event.<\/p>\n

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Harish Upadhya, an Assistant Editor at CNN-News18, reports from Bengaluru. Political reporting is his forte. He also tracks India’s space journey, and is passionate about environmental reporting and RTI investi…Read More<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Harish Upadhya, an Assistant Editor at CNN-News18, reports from Bengaluru. Political reporting is his forte. He also tracks India’s space journey, and is passionate about environmental reporting and RTI investi… Read More<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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