Karnataka Cabinet Approves Bill To Regulate Use Of Public Spaces In A Move Aimed At RSS

The
Ka ataka
Cabi et
has
app oved
the
Ka ataka
Regulatio
of
Use
of
Gove me t
P emises
a d
Public
P ope ty
Bill,
2026,
Home
Mi iste
P iya k
Kha ge
said.

The
Bill
seeks
to
establish
a
legal
f amewo k
gove i g
the
use
of
gove me t
p emises
a d
public
p ope ty
by
p ivate
i dividuals,
o ga isatio s,
associatio s
a d
societies.

I
a
stateme t
issued
afte
the
Cabi et
meeti g,
Kha ge
said
the
p oposed
legislatio
would
egulate
the
use
of
gove me t
la ds,
buildi gs
a d
othe
public
assets
while
p eve ti g
thei
misuse.

“The
Bill
p ovides
a
legal
f amewo k
to
safegua d,
p ese ve,
a d
e su e
the
espo sible
utilisatio
of
Gove me t
la ds,
buildi gs,
playg ou ds,
pa ks,
oads,
a d
othe
public
assets,
p eve ti g
misuse
while
p otecti g
them
fo
public
be efit
a d
good,”
Kha ge
stated.

He
said
the
legislatio
was
i te ded
to
e su e
accou tability
a d
p eve t
the
u autho ised
use
of
public
assets.

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The
app oval
comes
amid
speculatio
that
the
p oposed
legislatio
could
est ict
the
use
of
public
spaces
by
the
Rasht iya
Swayamsevak
Sa gh
(RSS).

Kha ge,
howeve ,
said
the
gove me t
did
ot
have
a y
specific
i stitutio
i
mi d.

“Why
is
eve yo e
thi ki g
this
is
to
cu tail
o
cu b
a y
pa ticula
i stitutio ,
associatio ,
o ga isatio ,
society,
club,
u io ,
sy dicate
o
NGO?
Beats
me,”
the
Mi iste
said.

Acco di g
to
officials,
the
Bill
p oposes
specific
guideli es
a d
p ocedu es
fo
pe missio
to
use
gove me t
p ope ties
fo
eve ts
a d
othe
activities.
It
also
i cludes
p ovisio s
fo
pe alties
i
cases
i volvi g
misuse
of
o
damage
to
public
p ope ty.

The
gove me t
will
table
the
Bill
i
the
legislatu e
fo
discussio
a d
passage.

Kha ge’s
Ea lie
Oppositio
To
RSS
Use
Of
Public
P ope ty

Kha ge
has
opposed
the
use
of
gove me t
p emises
a d
public
p ope ty
by
the
RSS
si ce
2025
a d
has
also
called
fo
the
o ga isatio
to
fo mally
egiste .

Last
yea ,
he
w ote
to
the
Chief
Mi iste
Sidda amaiah
seeki g
est ictio s
o
RSS
activities
i
gove me t
schools,
colleges
a d
public
spaces.

I
his
lette ,
Kha ge
had
said:
“A
o ga isatio
called
the
Rasht iya
Swayamsevak
Sa gh
has
bee
co ducti g
its
shakhas
i
gove me t
a d
gove me t-aided
schools,
as
well
as
i
public
g ou ds,
whe e
sloga s
a e
shouted,
a d
egative
ideas
a e
i stilled
i
the
mi ds
of
child e
a d
youth.”

He
had
said
such
p actices
we e
co t a y
to
I dia’s
u ity
a d
the
spi it
of
the
Co stitutio .

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Ope
Lette
To
RSS
I
Ju e

Kha ge
also
aised
questio s
about
the
RSS
i
Ju e
2026,
whe
he
w ote
a
ope
lette
to
the
o ga isatio
seeki g
cla ity
ega di g
its
legal
status,
fi a cial
t a spa e cy
a d
co stitutio al
accou tability.
The
lette
came
as
the
RSS
ma ked
100
yea s
of
its
existe ce.

Kha ge
said
the
o ga isatio ‘s
claimed
p ese ce
of
mo e
tha
60,000
shakhas
a d
c o es
of
swayamsevaks
i
I dia
a d
ab oad
gave
it
a
sig ifica t
ole
i
public
life.

He
said
it
the efo e
eeded
to
meet
the
“highest
sta da ds
of
t a spa e cy,
accou tability
a d
co stitutio al
complia ce”.

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