VIDEO | Delhi: During a press conference, Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge (
@PriyankKharge) says, “Mohan Bhagwat said, 'Are we doing anything in secret? We are doing it openly in the name of the Sangh.' I am asking the very same thing. If it is being done in the name of the Sangh, then what exactly is the Sangh? Who are the people behind it? Where does your money come from? That is what I am asking too. He is saying the same thing, and we are saying the same thing."
He added, “My association with them (RSS) goes back a long way. I have become Home Minister (Karnataka) just a week ago. Earlier, I was asking informally; now I am asking officially. Mohan Bhagwat has not replied to this letter. His response was given in Thrissur on June 13, and my letter was, of course, dated June 13 as well. However, it was released yesterday and dispatched yesterday, on June 15."
He further added, “In India, such security is provided to the Home Minister, the Minister of External Affairs, and the Defence Minister. Who provides security to Mohan Bhagwat ji? And from whose money is it provided? Taxpayers' money, isn't it?...The threat assessment is not done by me; it is done by the Central Government. If they believe the security should continue, then let it continue. But what I am asking is: what exactly is the level of threat?”
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