Karnataka polls: Congress brackets Bajrang Dal with PFI, promises ban if voted to power

Bracketing the Bajrang Dal, a Sangh affiliate, with the banned Islamic radical outfit Popular Front of India (PFI), the Congress, in its manifesto for the Karnataka Assembly elections, promised to take “decisive action” including a ban on “organisations spreading hatred amongst communities”.

In the manifesto released Tuesday by party president Mallikarjun Kharge, the Congress, in the section titled Law and Justice, said law and Constitution are “sacrosanct and cannot be violated by individuals and organisations like Bajrang Dal, PFI or others promoting enmity or hatred, whether among majority or minority communities”.

The party said it is “committed to take firm and decisive action against individuals and organisations spreading hatred amongst communities on grounds of caste and religion”. It said it will “take decisive action as per law including imposing a ban on any such organisations”.