D ays after the RSS held 100 patha sanchalana (route marches) and events across Bengaluru on October 11, to mark its centenary, the Karnataka government issued an order to regulate the use of state-owned properties by private organisations.

On October 4, IT/BT and Rural Development Minister Priyank Kharge wrote to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah seeking a ban on the activities of the Sangh on the premises of government-run institutions as they are “contrary to India’s unity and the spirit of the Constitution.” The government order on October 18 did not directly mention the RSS. It sought to put riders on a broad spectrum of “private organisations/societies/trusts/clubs or any other entity registered/unregistered” using public spaces. In essence, it reiterated and consolidated existing rule

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