Protesting against the Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s suggestion to use Hindi as a “link language”, pro Kannada activist Vatal Nagaraj on Sunday called upon the MPs of Karnataka to send a message opposing the “imposition” of Hindi by the Centre.
Mr. Nagaraj, who also heads the Kannada Chaluvali Vatal Paksha, held a demonstration at Hardinge Circle in Mysuru on Sunday and threatened to call for a State-wide agitation if any effort is made to impose Hindi.
He said that the primacy should be accorded to Kannada in Karnataka and suspected that the Centre is trying to suppress the regional languages. He alleged that Mr. Shah was conspiring against regional languages.
