Kharge questions RSS role in freedom struggle, defends public property Bill

Minister Priyank Kharge addressing a gathering during the Independence Day celebrations at the DAR Police Parade Ground in Kalaburagi on Saturday. | Photo Credit: ARUN KULKARNI Stepping up his criticism of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Home Minister Priyank Kharge questioned its role in India’s freedom struggle and challenged the organisation to name a single movement in which it had participated.Speaking to press persons in Kalaburagi city on Saturday, Mr. Kharge said the freedom struggle was marked by several mass movements in which people from different sections of society participated. He said he could provide the names of 500 Congress members who had sacrificed their lives during the freedom struggle and challenged the RSS to furnish even 50 such names.Mr. Kharge, referring t