Bengaluru, Oct. 23 -- In a growing controversy over government employees' links with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Karnataka has suspended yet another official.
Pramod Kumar, assistant cook at Basavakalyan Pre-Matric Boys' Hostel, has been relieved from duty for taking part in an RSS route march.
The contractual employee, outsourced through the Bidar District Labour Services Multipurpose Cooperative Society, had shared a photo from the event on WhatsApp, sparking the complaint.
The suspension came after civil rights activist Gagan Phule filed a complaint on October 20. Following an internal inquiry, the District Backward Classes Welfare Officer ordered Kumar's removal on October 21, citing that government-funded staff are barred...