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Still need to create atmosphere of Kannada in Karnataka, says CM Siddaramaiah

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, Speaker U.T. Khader and Chairman of the Legislative Council Basavaraj Horatti, Minister H.K. Patil and others during the Karnataka Sambrama 50 in Gadag on Friday. (Source: Special Arrangement)

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said that despite being in the golden jubilee year of renaming of the State, it was regrettable to note that there was still a need to create ‘an atmosphere of Kannada’ in Karnataka.

He was addressing a large crowd at Cotton Sale Society on Friday in Gadag, the place which witnessed historic celebrations involving then Chief Minister D. Devaraj Urs and the erstwhile Maharaja of Mysore Jayachamaraja Wadiyar, during the renaming of state as Karnataka back in 1973.

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