[lg policy] India: Kannada outfits come out against Kerala's new language policy

[Harold Schiffman]

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Kannada outfits come out against Kerala's new language policy

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Thu, 20 Apr 2017-12:17am , PTI

Pro-Kannada outfits in Kerala's border district of Kasaragod have come out
against the government's move to make Malayalam mandatory in all the
schools.

The Kerala government had promulgated an ordinance on April 11, making
Malayalam compulsory in all the schools upto Class 10.

A resolution adopted at a meeting of the Kannada outfits at Kumbla in
Kasaragod decided to launch a strong agitation, opposing the Kerala
government's stance of 'imposing' Malayalam on the students in the northern
district of Kerala.

The new language policy of the Kerala government was an attempt to "impose"
Malayalam on the Kannadigas of the border district, it said.

The meeting also discussed the impact of the government policy, as well as
the future plan of action of the Kannada organisations, a release said
here.

The meeting, presided over by Karnataka Samithi president Muralidhar
Ballukuraya, also decided to take a delegation to meet Kerala Chief
Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to apprise him of the constitutional rights of
the minority Kannadigas of the border district.

It also decided to approach Kerala Revenue Minister and CPI leader E
Chandrasekharan, elected from Kasaragod district, to include him in the
delegation.

Kannada activist Purushottam Master, Kerala unit chief of Kannada Sahitya
Parishat, S V Bhat, president of Kerala unit of Karnataka Janapada Parishat
Gopal Shetty and others participated in the meeting, the release said.

(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is
auto-generated from an agency feed.)

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-kannada-outfits-come-out-against-kerala-s-new-language-policy-2408535

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