BENGALURU: With the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government deciding to review the land allotted to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) during BJP’s regime in the state, BJP leader Dr C N Ashwath Narayan has said that the action by Congress should not be done “out of revenge”.
Ashwath Narayan highlighted that the government should act as an enabler and facilitator and said that the government should be cautious enough not to be biased.
“The government has all the right to look into these matters and revise it. But it should not be vindictive, or out of revenge. The government is an enabler and facilitator, the purpose and intentions are important. A government cannot be biased”, Ashwath Narayan said while talking to the media.
The Karnataka government will review land allotted by the previous Bharatiya Janata Party government to various organisations, including the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and its affiliates. The Siddaramaiah government, as soon as it came into power, announced the decision of reviewing the land and budgets approved by the BJP during its tenure. The Congress also promised to ban RSS in its manifesto before the elections.
Earlier, Ashwath Narayan criticised the government’s proposal to revise school textbooks in the state, including the alleged removal of lessons on RSS founder Keshav Baliram Hedgewar, stating that such hasty decisions will not be appreciated.
Ashwath Narayan further advised the state government to “not ignore and disrespect such a towering personality” and that it “should have the courtesy to respect him.”
Speaking on the state government’s proposal to revise school textbooks this year, he said they should not hurry and should constitute a committee for such revisions. “These kinds of hasty decisions are not appreciated. Dr Hedgewar is a founder of national cultural building, nationalism…He was a medical practitioner with a good background”, the former state minister said.
“They (Karnataka Government) should not be in a hurry, they should take their time. They should constitute a committee and look into it,” he said.
Ashwath Narayan said such changes are politically motivated. “As a popular government, they should address the concerns of all sections of society. The government has to be inclusive and respect the sentiments of all communities and all people…I humbly call upon them, don’t be in a hurry to do things”, the BJP MLA said. (ANI)