Thiruvananthapuram: The state government will bring in a legislation with the aim of curbing the use of religious institutions to store arms and impart weapons training to the faithful.

Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Wednesday said outfits like the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Popular Front of India (PFI), the political front organisation of the hard-line Socialist Democratic Party of India (SDPI), were imparting weapons training in the guise of brining about discipline among cadres.

If need be, the government would enact a legislation to ban such activities at religious centres, the chief minister said.

“It has come to the notice of the government that some sections of the police were leaking information on complainants in such cases,” Pinarayi said in the assembly.

Earlier, Pinarayi had alleged that the RSS was imparting training 'to kill' during its drill exercises, a charge rubbished by the saffron outfit.

"Even students and children are given training to kill," Pinarayi said. The RSS had then rejected the allegations and said using the assembly to 'insult' the RSS was an act of 'cowardice.'

Referring to its drill, RSS leader Gopalan Kutty Master said it was meant to improve the 'knowledge and physical capabilities' of its cadres and the main objective was to inculcate nationalism in the minds of the people.

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