Karnataka Panchayat Development Officer Suspended For Participating In Raichur RSS Event

A Panchayat officer in Karnataka has been suspended for participating in an event organized by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), days after the state Congress government introduced rules limiting the outfit’s activities in public spaces. The state BJP condemned the move, criticizing what it called the Congress’s “perverse and anti-Hindu mindset.”

Praveen Kumar KP, Panchayat Development Officer from Sirwar taluk in Raichur district, was suspended by the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) Department on Friday for taking part in the RSS centenary celebrations.

Kumar had joined a route march of the RSS in Lingsugur on October 12, wearing the group’s uniform and carrying a stick.