<div dir="ltr"><h1 class="gmail-headline" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:1.8em;margin:10px 0px;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;line-height:1.1;color:rgb(51,51,51);word-break:break-word;width:616.656px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">Siddaramaiah: No need for 3-language policy</span></h1><div class="gmail-attribution" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:14px;color:rgb(171,15,12);padding:5px 0px;margin-top:3px;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;line-height:1;margin-bottom:10px;overflow:auto">DECCAN CHRONICLE. | <a href="https://www.deccanchronicle.com/byline/shilpa-p" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(171,15,12);text-decoration-line:none">SHILPA P</a><div class="gmail-pubStamp" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:1.3rem;color:rgb(102,102,102);padding:5px 0px;margin-bottom:5px"><div class="gmail-col-sm-5 gmail-col-xs-12 gmail-noPadding gmail-noMargin" style="box-sizing:border-box;min-height:1px;padding:0px;float:left;width:256.938px;margin:0px"><span class="gmail-col-sm-3 gmail-col-xs-3 gmail-noPadding gmail-noMargin" style="box-sizing:border-box;min-height:1px;padding:0px;float:left;width:64.2344px;margin:0px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Published</span></span>Jun 4, 2019, 6:45 am IST</div><div class="gmail-col-sm-6 gmail-col-xs-12 gmail-noPadding gmail-noMargin" style="box-sizing:border-box;min-height:1px;padding:0px;float:left;width:308.328px;margin:0px"><span class="gmail-col-sm-2 gmail-col-xs-3 gmail-noPadding gmail-noMargin" style="box-sizing:border-box;min-height:1px;padding:0px;float:left;width:51.375px;margin:0px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Updated</span></span>Jun 4, 2019, 6:47 am IST</div></div></div><div class="gmail-vuukle-powerbar" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(56,56,56);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:16.5px"></div><div class="gmail-strap" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:20px;font-size:1.8rem;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(51,51,51);background:rgb(243,243,241);font-family:Georgia,serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">Siddaramaiah later tweeted to say that "In education, the language other than mother tongue should only be optional, but not compulsory.</span></div><div class="gmail-story-body" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(56,56,56);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:16.5px"><div class="gmail-cover" style="box-sizing:border-box"><img src="https://s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/images.deccanchronicle.com/dc-Cover-jocf01mgn565d7umpgssi97sg7-20190604063525.Medi.jpeg" class="gmail-coverimg" alt="H.D. Kumaraswamy having dinner at a farmer’s house as part of his village stay programme during his previous tenure as chief minister" title="H.D. Kumaraswamy having dinner at a farmer’s house as part of his village stay programme during his previous tenure as chief minister" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px black; vertical-align: middle; width: 646.656px; object-position: center top; background: 0% 0% / contain rgb(102, 102, 102); min-height: 50vmin; height: auto; overflow: hidden;"><div class="gmail-storyimg-caption" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:1.6rem;color:rgb(0,0,0);padding:5px;line-height:1.4;margin-top:0px;clear:both;margin-bottom:25px;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(208,208,208)"><span class="gmail-fa gmail-fa-camera" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1;font-family:FontAwesome;font-size:inherit"></span> H.D. Kumaraswamy having dinner at a farmer’s house as part of his village stay programme during his previous tenure as chief minister</div></div><div id="gmail-storyBody" style="box-sizing:border-box;text-align:justify;overflow:visible;max-height:initial"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding-bottom:10px;font-size:1.9rem;line-height:3rem;word-break:break-word;text-align:left;color:rgb(75,75,75)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Bengaluru:</span> Intensifying his image building exercise following the shock defeat of all Janata Dal (Secular) candidates except one in the recent Lok Sabha elections, Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy has taken up a series of public relations (PR) activities, besides announcing his Gram Vastavya visits, scheduled to begin on June 21.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0.75em;padding-bottom:10px;font-size:1.9rem;line-height:3rem;word-break:break-word;text-align:left;color:rgb(75,75,75)">On Monday, Mr Kumaraswamy announced that his Gram Vastavya to 'reconnect' with the people at the grassroots, would begin from Gurumitkal in Kalaburagi district which is part of Hyderabad-Karnataka region.  </p><div class="gmail-col-sm-12 gmail-col-xs-12" style="box-sizing:border-box;min-height:1px;padding-right:15px;padding-left:15px;float:left;width:616.656px;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><ins class="gmail-adPushupAds" style="box-sizing:border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