Row over RSS route march in Chittapur: HC directs Kalaburagi district administration to hold meetings on October 28

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Orally observing that the contented implicit granting support to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to behaviour patha sanchalana (route march) successful Chittapur “should not beryllium prolonged and an aboriginal solution of the contented is amended for the society,” the High Court of Karnataka connected Friday directed the Kalaburagi territory medication to clasp its projected meetings, with RSS and different organisations, connected October 28, and taxable a study to the court.

Justice M.G.S. Kamal issued the absorption aft the territory administration, acting connected the court’s October 19 order, submitted a study indicating that it has kept the decision, connected RSS’ plea to clasp way march connected November 2, pending successful presumption of tense concern prevailing successful Chittapur municipality and taluk from October 19, the day connected which the RSS had primitively planned to clasp march successful the town.

The tribunal passed the bid portion proceeding a petition filed by Ashok Patil, convener of the RSS way march, Chittapur, who had challenged Chittapur tahsildar’s determination of rejecting support for October 19 way march citing that 2 different organisations had besides sought support for holding rally connected the aforesaid day, clip and area.

While directing the petitioner besides to cooperate with authorities successful taking due determination successful the matter, keeping successful caput the concern successful the Chittapur municipality and taluk area, the tribunal adjourned further proceeding till October 30 awaiting study connected the gathering to beryllium held connected October 28.

What study stated

The court, from the report, noted that “there exists immoderate benignant of hostility successful Chittapur municipality and crossed the taluk betwixt assorted organisation regarding the assistance of support for conducting pathasanchalana/ assembly.

“Due to assorted organisations giving statements successful favour and against specified pathasanchalana/assembly, successful the print, physics and societal media, a turbulent ambiance has been created and the section situation has been vitiated by societal media posts, and if support is fixed for specified pathasanchalana/procession/march-past/ assembly, determination is simply a anticipation that a ample fig of radical whitethorn stitchery resulting successful disruption of instrumentality and bid and emergence of nationalist upset which is founded connected tenable material..,” the tribunal recorded from the report.

The tribunal besides noted that it has been pointed retired successful the study that “in bid to sphere nationalist instrumentality and bid and nationalist peace, it was deemed due by the territory medication to see the RSS’s plea connected a aboriginal day erstwhile the concern connected crushed normalises and the situation becomes much conducive aft speaking to each organisers and person bid committee meetings with citizens wrong a mates of weeks.”

What A-G said

Earlier, appearing for the territory administration, State Advocate-General Shashi Kiran Shetty said that plea of RSS was not declined nor rejected, and it is inactive nether information successful the airy of the reports received by the section authorities with respect to instrumentality and order, and contented would beryllium resolved aft holding meetings.

However, elder advocator Aruna Shyam M., appearing for counsel for petitioner done video conference, insisted that the authorities should guarantee that the petitioner and his organisation behaviour their way march and incidental events connected November 2 and not to postpone beyond said day arsenic they person changed the day of way march successful effect to court’s earlier suggestion.

Published - October 24, 2025 08:50 p.m. IST

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