The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs is yet to take a decision on the RSS application for permission to hold a three-day lecture series at Vigyan Bhavan next month. The venue is usually reserved for government seminars and conferences.
Responding to reports that he would use his discretionary powers to allow the RSS event at the venue, Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Puri told reporters on Wednesday that he had not yet seen the application.
“All we had received yesterday [Tuesday] was an online application...We haven’t even looked at it yet,” he said.
He declined to comment on the policy regarding such applications from private organisations, or his role in the decision.
Earlier this week, the RSS announced that the lecture series, titled “Future of Bharat: An RSS Perspective” would be held from September 17 to 19.
According to news reports, the organisation has applied for booking Vigyan Bhavan’s Hall No. 6, which has a capacity of 350-400 people.
Private organisations leasing Hall no.6 would be required to pay ₹86,100 per day as licence fee.
