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The Chittapur Tahsildar, Nagayya Hiremath, has denied support for the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to clasp its projected way march successful Chittapur municipality connected Sunday (October 19, 2025) citing imaginable instrumentality and bid issues.
The determination came aft the Chittapur police, successful a study to the Tahsildar, expressed apprehensions that simultaneous processions planned by 3 organisations – the RSS, Bhim Army, and Bharatiya Dalit Panthers – connected the aforesaid way and connected the aforesaid time could pb to clashes betwixt the groups.
In his bid rejecting the RSS’s application, Mr. Hiremath referred to the memorandum submitted by Prahlad Vishwakarma, the RSS’s district-level office-bearer from Kalaburagi, who had sought support to behaviour the march arsenic portion of the organisation’s centenary celebrations and Vijaya Dashami programme.
Following the request, the Tahsildar had written to the Chittapur constabulary seeking their opinion. The police, aft assessing the concern and gathering quality reports, advised against granting permission, citing superior instrumentality and bid implications.
According to the constabulary report, tensions person been moving precocious successful Chittapur pursuing an earlier incidental successful which an RSS idiosyncratic allegedly made derogatory remarks and issued a life menace to Minister Priyank Kharge, who represents the constituency. The incident, which led to a lawsuit being registered successful Bengaluru’s Sadashivanagar constabulary station, had sparked protests crossed Karnataka, including a bandh successful Chittapur 2 days agone successful enactment of Mr. Priyank.
The study further noted that the Bhim Army’s State younker helping and the Bharatiya Dalit Panthers had besides sought support to behaviour their ain way marches on the aforesaid way connected October 19, 2025. The constabulary feared that simultaneous events by these groups could trigger confrontation and disturb nationalist peace.
“The Chittapur Police person submitted a study stating that if the RSS, Bhim Army, and Bharatiya Dalit Panthers clasp their way marches successful Chittapur municipality connected October 19, 2025, determination is simply a beardown anticipation of clashes among the groups, which could adversely impact instrumentality and order. Hence, granting support for the lawsuit would not beryllium appropriate,” Tahsildar Hiremath said successful his order.
Accepting the constabulary recommendation, the Tahsildar, successful his bid issued precocious connected Saturday (October 18, 2025), said support for the RSS way march could not beryllium granted truthful arsenic “to forestall immoderate untoward incidental and to guarantee attraction of bid and nationalist order.”
Copies of the bid person been forwarded to the Deputy Commissioner of Kalaburagi, the Assistant Commissioner of Sedam, and the Chittapur Police Inspector for accusation and indispensable action.
Meanwhile, the RSS workers, who had made elaborate arrangements for the way march, had enactment up saffron flags, banners, and buntings crossed Chittapur town, represented by Minister Priyank Kharge. However, municipal authorities removed the decorations aboriginal connected Saturday greeting (October 18, 2025), citing the lack of indispensable support for the installations.
With the Tahsildar present officially denying support for the event, the projected way march stands cancelled. Late connected Saturday (October 18, 2025) night, Superintendent of Police Adduru Srinivasulu visited the municipality and reviewed the information arrangements to guarantee bid and forestall immoderate imaginable disturbance.
