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<h1 class="gmail-heading1"><span>Karnataka: KRV workers observe 'Black Day' on Hindi Diwas</span></h1><span><a target="_blank" class="gmail-auth_detail" rel="author" href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toireporter/author-B-V-Shiva-Shankar-479228813.cms">B V Shiva Shankar</a></span><span class="gmail-time_cptn"> | <span><span>TNN</span></span> | <span>Sep 14, 2018, 18:03 IST</span></span><div class="gmail-leftsocial"><div class="gmail-toiwidgets_social"><span class="gmail-fb gmail-show_sprite gmail-toishare"></span><span class="gmail-twitter gmail-show_sprite gmail-toishare"></span><span class="gmail-gplus gmail-show_sprite gmail-toishare"></span><span class="gmail-linkedin gmail-show_sprite gmail-toishare"></span><span class="gmail-pinterest gmail-show_sprite gmail-toishare"></span><span class="gmail-comment-slider gmail-show_sprite gmail-toishare gmail-comment-loaded"></span></div></div><div class="gmail-topsocial gmail-actions"><div class="gmail-toiwidgets_social"><span class="email gmail-show_sprite gmail-toishare"></span><span class="gmail-print gmail-show_sprite gmail-toishare"></span><span class="gmail-fontd gmail-show_sprite gmail-toishare"></span><span class="gmail-fonti gmail-show_sprite gmail-toishare"></span></div></div><img src="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/thumb/msid-65811145,imgsize-343691,width-400,resizemode-4/65811145.jpg" alt="KRV workers blacken a milestone in Karnataka as part of their protest on the occasion of Hindi Diwas" title="KRV workers blacken a milestone in Karnataka as part of their protest on the occasion of Hindi Diwas"><span class="gmail-img_cptn">KRV workers blacken a milestone in Karnataka as part of their protest on the occasion of Hindi Diwas</span><div class="gmail-article_content gmail-clearfix"><span><div class="gmail-section1"><div class="gmail-Normal">BENGALURU: Activists of the <a class="gmail-key_underline" href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Karnataka-Rakshana-Vedike">Karnataka Rakshana Vedike</a> on Friday launched a state-wide protest against the Centre’s alleged imposition of Hindi on non-Hindi speaking states.
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<br>During the protest, the KRV workers blackened Hindi signages installed on national highways.
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<br>The KRV’s 'Black Day' coincided with the Centre celebrating the day as <a class="gmail-key_underline" href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Hindi-Diwas">Hindi Diwas</a>
to mark Hindi written in Devanagari script becoming an official
language of the Union government under the Article 343 on September 14,
1949.
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<br>“The present regime at the Centre is
propagating its hidden agenda of imposing Hindi on the country where a
majority of population is non-Hindi speaking. Today’s protest is to
resist the parochial policy of the Centre,” said KRV president TA
Narayana Gowda, who led a sit-in at the Mahatma Gandhi statue in Gandhi
Nagar.
<div class="gmail-last4brdiv"><div class="gmail-show_wdgt gmail-topcomment"><div class="gmail-msg"><h2><span>Top</span> Comment</h2><span class="gmail-cmnttxt">Being
Kannadiga, preference should be given to Kannada. But why stop or be
Anti Hindi? Which school these guys kids are studying? These guy are
really protect Kannada? I doubt it and their intentions!</span><span class="gmail-cmntauthor">Girish G</span></div></div></div></div></div></span></div><br>
<br>The KRV activists blackened the
milestones written in Hindi on NH 48 near Davanagere, and signages on
other highway stretches at Yadgir, Mysuru, Kolar, Chikkaballapur and
Shivamogga.
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<br>Even as the pro-Kannada organisation
is continuing its efforts to mobilise non-Hindi speaking states against
the BJP-led Centre’s move to impose Hindi in them, Narayana Gowda said
the KRV is planning a conference of the southern states on the language
policy shortly.
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