<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-row" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Droid regular",sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px"><div class="gmail-col-lg-12 gmail-col-md-12 gmail-col-sm-12 gmail-col-xs-12 gmail-ArticleDetail" style="box-sizing:border-box;min-height:1px;padding-right:15px;padding-left:15px;float:left;width:750px"><h1 class="gmail-ArticleHead" id="gmail-content_head" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-size:45px;font-family:"Droid Serif";font-weight:normal;line-height:54px;color:inherit">English medium govt schools are anti-Kannada:  S G Siddaramaiah</h1><div class="gmail-straptxt gmail-article_summary" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:18px;font-family:Droid_italic;line-height:26px;color:rgb(107,107,107);margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:10px"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px">He said local languages will become symbolic if English and Hindi become first and second languages in the proposed three-language policy.</p></div><div class="gmail-Social_Fonts1 gmail-FixedOptions1" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:720px;float:left"><div class="gmail-PrintSocial1" style="box-sizing:border-box"><span class="gmail-Share_Icons" style="box-sizing:border-box;float:left;padding:8px"><a href="http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2019/jun/10/english-medium-govt-schools-are-anti-kannada-1988185.html#" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration-line:none"><img src="http://images.newindianexpress.com//images/FrontEnd/images/social-article/flip.png" class="gmail-img-responsive" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 25.5px; display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></a></span><span class="gmail-Share_Icons" style="box-sizing:border-box;float:left;padding:8px"><a class="gmail-csbuttons" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent"><img src="http://images.newindianexpress.com//images/FrontEnd/images/social-article/fb.png" class="gmail-img-responsive" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 14.25px; display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></a></span><span class="gmail-Share_Icons" style="box-sizing:border-box;float:left;padding:8px"><a class="gmail-csbuttons" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent"><img src="http://images.newindianexpress.com//images/FrontEnd/images/social-article/twitter.png" class="gmail-img-responsive" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 24.75px; display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></a></span><span class="gmail-Share_Icons" style="box-sizing:border-box;float:left;padding:8px"><a class="gmail-csbuttons" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent"><img src="http://images.newindianexpress.com//images/FrontEnd/images/social-article/g-plus.png" class="gmail-img-responsive" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 31.5px; display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></a></span><span class="gmail-Share_Icons gmail-PositionRelative" style="box-sizing:border-box;float:left;padding:8px"><i id="gmail-popoverId" title="" style="box-sizing:border-box"><img src="http://images.newindianexpress.com//images/FrontEnd/images/social-article/mail.png" class="gmail-img-responsive" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 31.5px; display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></i></span><span class="gmail-Share_Icons" style="box-sizing:border-box;float:left;padding:8px"><a class="gmail-whatsapp" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent"></a></span></div></div><p class="gmail-ArticlePublish gmail-margin-bottom-10" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(81,81,81);line-height:1.5">Published: <span style="box-sizing:border-box">10th June 2019 06:39 AM</span>  |   Last Updated: <span style="box-sizing:border-box">10th June 2019 06:39 AM</span><span class="gmail-print_wrap" style="box-sizing:border-box;float:right;margin-right:0px"><span class="gmail-FontSize" id="gmail-print_article" style="box-sizing:border-box;border-radius:50%;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px 3px;font-weight:bold"><span class="gmail-fa gmail-fa-print" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:1;font-family:FontAwesome"></span>  |  </span><span class="gmail-FontSize" id="gmail-incfont" title="Zoom In" style="box-sizing:border-box;border-radius:50%;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px 3px;font-weight:bold">A+</span><span class="gmail-FontSize" id="gmail-resetMe" title="Reset" style="box-sizing:border-box;border-radius:50%;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px 3px;font-weight:bold">A </span><span class="gmail-FontSize" id="gmail-decfont" title="Zoom Out" style="box-sizing:border-box;border-radius:50%;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px 3px;font-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