Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday urged folks to stay cautious of the RSS and Sangh Parivar, advising them to not affiliate with those that had been traditionally against BR Ambedkar and the Structure he framed.
“Preserve your organization proper. Affiliate with those that stand for society, not with those that oppose social change or with ‘Sanatanis’,” he stated earlier within the day whereas inaugurating the silver jubilee celebrations of Mysore College.
This comment got here amid the Karnataka authorities’s transfer to control the usage of public areas, together with faculties and faculties, to “stop any trespassing.” The Cupboard had issued this order after the state’s Data Know-how and Biotechnology Minister, Priyank Kharge, known as for a ban on RSS programmes in public faculties and different instructional establishments final month.
Clarifying the federal government order and addressing his earlier comment, Siddaramaiah identified {that a} related order had been handed by the Jagadish Shettar cupboard and is merely an extension of a 2013 round enacted beneath the earlier BJP authorities.
“We’re not focusing on the RSS. That is relevant to any organisation. The order was initially issued in 2013 throughout Jagadish Shettar’s tenure. Why didn’t they (BJP) oppose it then, when Jagadish Shettar introduced the regulation? Our goal just isn’t the RSS or any particular group. If regulation and order is disturbed, our police will take needed motion,” Siddaramaiah stated.
Inaugurating the silver jubilee celebrations at Mysore College, Siddaramaiah warned in opposition to associating with teams he described as opposing social reform, particularly mentioning the RSS and Sangh Parivar.
Recalling a latest incident through which a shoe was thrown on the Chief Justice of India, BR Gavai, Siddaramaiah stated, “The truth that a ‘sanatani’ threw a shoe on the Chief Justice exhibits that ‘sanatanis’ and orthodox parts nonetheless exist in society. This act ought to be condemned not simply by Dalits however by everybody. Solely then can we are saying that society is shifting on the trail of change.”
Siddaramaiah additionally alleged that the RSS and Sangh Parivar had opposed Ambedkar’s Structure and proceed to take action, urging folks to stay vigilant.
Highlighting Ambedkar’s strategy to social change, the Chief Minister stated, “Ambedkar acquired information to grasp society and used it all through his life to vary society.”
Addressing the alleged unfold of misinformation relating to Ambedkar’s political legacy, Siddaramaiah additional stated, “They’re spreading lies that the Congress defeated Ambedkar within the elections. However the reality is what Ambedkar himself wrote in his personal handwriting – ‘Savarkar and Dange defeated me.’ Such truths have to be positioned earlier than society to show the falsehoods of the Sangh Parivar.”
He expressed his help for rational and scientific pondering, including, “That’s the reason I hope rationality and scientific pondering will develop. Don’t be an individual who research science however nonetheless practices blind beliefs.”
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