Bengaluru: Taking exception to Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge seeking details about the functioning of the RSS, BJP MP Ramesh Jigajinagi has asked why a Dalit man should be concerned about the functioning of the RSS.
He said Priyank Kharge got the ministerial position because his father, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, toiled for the party.
The MP advised the junior Kharge to focus on his job instead of picking up an issue with the RSS.
Addressing a press conference in Vijayapur, Jigajinagi alleged that Priyank Kharge does not have a sense of what a Home Minister should ask.
“Is it his job to ask such questions about RSS? People will only tell him (what RSS is). Whoever came in the way of RSS did not survive. He is unnecessarily picking up an issue with the RSS. We feel bad about it,” Jigajinagi, who himself is a Dalit, said.
“My question is – why does this Dalit man need to be concerned about the RSS?” the MP asked.
Jigajinagi said Priyank Kharge has been made the Home Minister, and he should perform his role peacefully.
“Because his father (Mallikarjun Kharge) has toiled hard for the party, an arrangement has been made for him. He should make a name for himself by doing good work for people. It does not suit him to run after the RSS,” the MP said.
Priyank Kharge on Monday asked the RSS to register itself, clarify its legal status, and disclose its sources of funding, income, expenditure and assets, arguing that it must uphold transparency and constitutional accountability.
The minister wrote to Mohan Bhagwat, the chief of RSS, that celebrates completion of its centenary year, seeking clarification on its organisational status.
