‘Cannot ban Bajrang Dal’: Congress tries to do harm administration after backlash over Karnataka poll promise
On Wednesday, May 3, Karnataka Congress chief and former chief minister M. Veerappa Moily in an apparent harm administration switch said that it isn’t doable for the state authorities to ban Bajrang Dal, together with that there is not a proposal to ban the group.
“We have PFI and Bajrang Dal mentioned in our (Congress) manifesto and included all radical outfits. However, banning an outfit is not possible for the state government as it is the central government’s jurisdiction. So a ban on Bajrang Dal by the Karnataka government is not possible. DK Shivakumar will come up with more clarity on this,” Moily said whereas addressing the media in Udupi.
The former Karnataka CM moreover said that the Congress promised movement in opposition to outfits like Bajrang Dal inside the manifesto inside the backdrop of the most recent Supreme Court assertion in opposition to hate politics.
It is notable that on April 28, the Supreme Court directed the states and union territories to take suo motu movement to register FIR in opposition to hate speeches with out prepared for a correct criticism.
Supreme Court directs the entire States and Union Territories to be sure that as and when any hate speech is made, they shall take suo moto movement for registration of FIR even with none complaints.
Supreme Court makes it clear that such movement shall be taken whatever the… pic.twitter.com/yFOlG6QQnq
— ANI (@ANI) April 28, 2023
Interestingly, the Congress celebration invited excessive backlash by promising to “ban organisations like Bajrang Dal” in its election manifesto for Karnataka.
While Congress says that it is going to act in opposition to organizations spreading hatred, the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI)—the political wing of the now-banned PFI launched on Wednesday that it will be contesting solely 16 Assembly seats inside the upcoming Karnataka elections in a bid to help Congress defeat the BJP. Initially, the SDPI had said that it will be contesting on 100 seats.
