'Chaddi' row: Siddaramaiah asks why post of RSS chief never occupied by Dalit

As the Chaddi row between the BJP and Congress escalates former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah attacked the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and asked why the post of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh RSS chief has never been occupied by a Dalit or a person from Other Backward Castes OBCsThe row started after some members National Students Union of India NSUI the student wing of the Congress burnt a pair of khaki shorts outside state education minister BC Nageshs residence against the alleged saffronisation of school textbooks in the stateI am telling you from the beginning that RSS is a nonsecular organisation Has a Dalit OBC or a member from minority communities ever become Sarsanghchalak What else can chaddis do They do chaddi work only chaddis do chaddi work said Siddramaiah in HubliSiddaramaiah was responding to a question about RSS workers collecting knickers to send them to the Congress officeRSS workers in Mandya district have collected shorts to send to the Congress office as a mark of their protest against Siddaramaiahs remarks against RSS Khaki shortsAlso read Karnataka Opposition leader Siddaramaiah slams BJP over anticonversion lawOn Sunday the Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Assembly had said that chaddis would be burnt as a sign of protest against the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh for alleged saffronisation of school textbooks in the stateResponding to Siddaramaiahs remarks Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said that the Congress leader should talk about the development and future of the stateCongress leader Siddaramaiah doesnt have any other subject so he is talking about such things People of Karnataka looking into all these things He should talk about the development and future of the state Bommai saidMeanwhile Karnataka Education Minister BC Nagesh said that Congress aims to politicise the textbook issue for the Assembly elections scheduled to be held next yearTheir Congress aim is not the textbook but to politicise the issue for elections For the last 65 years they were teaching false things to the students Nagesh saidUnion Minister Pralhad Joshi said Siddaramaiah and Congress partys chaddi is loose already They have torn chaddi So they have gone ahead to burn chaddi Their chaddi was lost in UP Siddaramaiah lost his chaddi and lungi in ChamundeshwariBJP leader Chalavadi Narayanswamy asked Siddaramaiah to seek permission from the pollution control board as burning chaddis would cause air pollutionIf Siddaramaiah wants to burn chaddis let him burn inside his house I have told all District Presidents of SC Morcha to help Siddarammiah by sending their chaddis to him Firstly I ask Siddaramaiah to seek permission from the pollution control board because burning chaddis causes air pollution I never thought Siddaramaiah would stoop to this level he saidThe Bharatiya Janata Party BJPled Karnataka government has been embroiled in a controversy after the textbook review committee included RSS founder KB Hedgewars speech in school textbooks while allegedly omitting chapters on freedom fighters social reformers and litterateursHowever Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai later disbanded the state textbook review committee but defended the inclusion of a chapter on Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh RSS founder KB HedgewarThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever