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Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said Karnataka would lodge a protest with the Centre on imposition of Hindi in non-Hindi speaking states.
Responding to growing protests against “imposition” of Hindi in Bengaluru Metro, the chief minister said, "The Karnataka government will not tolerate imposition of Hindi. Hindi is being used in Metro rail citing the three-language formula. Metro is not a central government project. The major funding is by the state government.”
“Just because Hindi is spoken in several north Indian states, it should not be seen as a language which is spoken across the country,” he told reporters here. Criticising Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu's recent statement that everyone in the country should learn Hindi, the chief minister said, “This is not acceptable.”
The chief minister, who was present when the joint Opposition presidential candidate Meira Kumar filed her nomination, also said he would apprise the Centre of increasing opposition to imposition of Hindi in non-Hindi speaking states.
On the issue of sentencing two journalists by the Karnataka Assembly in Bengaluru, the chief minister said, “Though it was a decision of the Speaker, I have instructed the police not to arrest journalist Ravi Belagere due to his ill health.”
However, Siddaramaiah refused to comment on Pejawar Mutt seer Vishwesha Theertha Swami holding an Iftar at Krishna temple in Udupi.
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/619754/karnataka-protest-against-imposition-hindi.html
Responding to growing protests against “imposition” of Hindi in Bengaluru Metro, the chief minister said, "The Karnataka government will not tolerate imposition of Hindi. Hindi is being used in Metro rail citing the three-language formula. Metro is not a central government project. The major funding is by the state government.”
“Just because Hindi is spoken in several north Indian states, it should not be seen as a language which is spoken across the country,” he told reporters here. Criticising Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu's recent statement that everyone in the country should learn Hindi, the chief minister said, “This is not acceptable.”
The chief minister, who was present when the joint Opposition presidential candidate Meira Kumar filed her nomination, also said he would apprise the Centre of increasing opposition to imposition of Hindi in non-Hindi speaking states.
On the issue of sentencing two journalists by the Karnataka Assembly in Bengaluru, the chief minister said, “Though it was a decision of the Speaker, I have instructed the police not to arrest journalist Ravi Belagere due to his ill health.”
However, Siddaramaiah refused to comment on Pejawar Mutt seer Vishwesha Theertha Swami holding an Iftar at Krishna temple in Udupi.
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/619754/karnataka-protest-against-imposition-hindi.html