Bengaluru: KarnatakaHome Minister Priyank Kharge on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), questioning whether the Police Department was subservient to the organisation.

Reacting to a letter submitted by the RSS informing the police about its proposed march, Kharge said the organisation had provided information rather than formally seeking permission for the event. “The letter says that they are informing the police, not seeking permission. Let them seek permission. Is the Police Department their domestic servant?” he asked.Kharge also questioned RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s statements on changing the existing governments and politics, asking who had authorised him to speak about a change of regime and political matters.

“What regime change are they talking about? How can regime change happen? The Chief Election Commissioner is theirs, the EVMs are theirs, and the voter list is theirs. Can these be changed? Form 6 is theirs, and Form 7 is theirs. There is still no answer to the question: Why does the Chief Election Commissioner have judicial immunity?” he said, referring to Forms 6 and 7 associated with electoral rolls.

“There is a conspiracy to ensure that they remain in power permanently. This has already been exposed. Isn’t the fact that people are taking to the streets today evidence of this?” he said.

He suggested that this was the reason some people were behaving with such confidence.Keeping up his attack on the organisation, he said: “Which evil force are we talking about? Who is the one developing links with Pakistan?”

He also called for an examination of the organisation’s history and questioned what protests it had undertaken in the past.Kharge further said that protests taking place in foreign countries should not be compared with those in India, as the issues involved were different.