Siddaramaiah seeking ban on RSS is ‘unfortunate’,says CM Bommai

Yogesh K Porwar & Avanth Kumar Kankariya

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said it was ‘unfortunate’ that Leader of the Opposition in the State Legislative Assembly Siddaramaiah was seeking ban on the RSS.

Talking to reporters here on Friday, he said the Congress has no basis to ask why Popular Front of India (PFI) has been banned because it was the same party that had withdrawn the cases booked against PFI.

To cover up their mistakes, the Congress leaders are demanding a ban on RSS but they don’t say why it should be banned.

The RSS has built several institutions for poor, downtrodden and destitute people, and rendered help during natural disasters.

“The RSS is an organisation which is trying to create awareness on patriotism. I feel Siddaramaiah should not have stooped to this level”.

On the fight among Congress leaders for the post of AICC President post, Bommai said it was an internal matter of the Congress Party and did not want to comment on it.

However,he added that this may be because the election to the party president was happening for the first time.