Bengaluru: Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge has criticised BJP MP Tejasvi Surya for publicly supporting a government employee suspended for participating in an RSS route march, calling it a “disturbing endorsement of service rule violations.”

The controversy arose after Tejasvi Surya tweeted in support of a Panchayat Development Officer (PDO) who was suspended for attending an RSS event. In his post, the Bengaluru South MP wrote that he had spoken to the suspended officer and assured him of personal legal assistance to challenge the “illegal suspension” before the appropriate tribunal and courts.

Surya further claimed that several High Courts had clarified that government employees have the right to participate in RSS programmes, adding that “the Siddaramaiah government’s action will no

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