Bengaluru, July 20 -- Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly R. Ashoka on Monday strongly condemned the state government's launch of doorstep distribution of Permanent Residence Certificates (PRCs), calling it a "dangerous constitutional overreach" with implications for national security and federal structure.

Chief Minister DK Shivakumar and Deputy CM G Parameshwara on Monday inaugurated the free delivery of caste certificates and the new PRC distribution service at Vidhana Soudha.

Hitting out at the move, Ashoka said the initiative was not a routine administrative reform.

"The Congress Government in Karnataka has crossed a dangerous constitutional line. This is not a routine administrative exercise or reform. It raises se...