The state Devaswom department has taken the initiative to issue the circular under relevant sections of the Kerala Police Act in the wake of complaints that the RSS was holding drills at the temple premises, office of the state Devaswom Minister, Kadakampally Surendran, said here.
The circular, which has got the Law department's nod, has been sent to the Home department for its consideration, sources said.
The order will not target any organisation. It will be a "general order" to put an end to any type of arms-training at the temple premises, sources said.
Meanwhile, state BJP president Kummanom Rajasekharan criticised the move and claimed that the RSS conducted its 'shakhas' as per law and after getting due permission and sanction from the authorities concerned.
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"The Devaswom Minister, who says that arms training should not be allowed at the shrine complexes, should also reveal the names of the shrines where such training drills have been held," he said.
"A law banning arms training is already in existence. We are not doing anything in violation of the temple traditions and customs," he claimed.
Rajasekharan alleged that three CPI(M) workers were killed in an explosion while making bombs inside a temple at Thalassery in 2000.
"Then, who is making temples storehouses of arms?" he asked.
In an August 29 Facebook post, the Devaswom Minister had alleged that the RSS was trying to turn temples into "storehouses of arms" in Kerala and the government had been receiving a large number of complaints in this regard.
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