Karnataka PWD Minister Satish Jarkiholi said no one can ban the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and clarified that the Congress-led state government has never proposed such a move. His remarks came amid a political row triggered by statements from Priyank Kharge

Addressing a social-harmony meeting on Tuesday, the RSS chief expressed concern over what he described as a declining Hindu population and said inducement- or coercion-based religious conversions should be stopped