Kannada Rajyotsava 2023 | CM Siddaramaiah reiterates that Kannada be made administrative language across State, to write to PM Modi

Reiterating that Kannada should be the administrative language to take the administration and government programmes to the majority of Kannada people across the State, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday, November 1, said that he would write to the Centre expressing opposition to conduct of examinations in English and Hindi.

Leading the State-wide celebrations of the 68^th Kannada Rajyothsava and 50 years of renaming Mysore state as Karnataka in a colourful event at the Kanteerava Stadium here organised by School Education and Literacy department, the Chief Minister said: “Government correspondence and administrative language should be in Kannada because we have to converse with Kannadigas. Only when corresponding with neighbouring states and the Centre, English should be used. If administration and programmes have to effectively reach people, Kannada should be used effectively.” Asking bureaucrats and politicians to use Kannada, he said: “Use of Kannada should not remain merely a slogan.”