Kannada Nameplate Row: CM Siddaramaiah To Hold High-Level Meeting With BBMP, Culture Dept Officials Today

Earlier, BBMP Chief Commissioner Tushar Giri Nath said, commercial stores under the administrative body must install 60 percent Kannada language nameplates by February 28.

Kannada Raksha Vedhike organized a protest and tore down the name boards of businesses in Bengaluru that failed to put nameplates in Kannada.

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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is scheduled to conduct a high-level meeting concerning the placement of Kannada nameplates in front of shops and offices on Thursday. This meeting follows the statement from Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Chief Commissioner Tushar Giri Nath, who stated that commercial stores under the administrative body must install 60 percent Kannada language nameplates by February 28. He emphasized that failure to comply will result in legal action.

According to ANI, Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah is to hold a high-level meeting today regarding the installation of Kannada nameplates in front of shops and offices. BBMP and Culture Department officials will participate in the meeting.

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah to hold a high-level meeting today regarding the installation of Kannada nameplates in front of shops and offices. BBMP and Culture Department officials will participate in the meeting.

— ANI (@ANI) December 28, 2023

 

 

 

Earlier, BBMP Chief Commissioner said, "Shops failing to install Kannada nameplates by February 28 will face legal consequences. Non-compliant establishments will be temporarily suspended and, subsequently, have their licenses revoked, as mandated by the law."

 

Meanwhile, Kannada Raksha Vedhike organized a protest and tore down the name boards of businesses in Bengaluru that failed to put nameplates in Kannada. The activists asserted that business establishments were "undermining the official language of Karnataka, which is Kannada." KRV activists targeted malls, shops, commercial buildings, companies, and factories, particularly multinational ones, damaging and defacing signboards and nameplates not in Kannada.

Subsequently, agitating members, including KRV convenor T A Narayana Gowda, were taken into preventive custody by the police. Gowda emphasized that nameplates and signboards in Karnataka must be in Kannada while addressing reporters.

Citing BBMP rules, he said, "Sixty per cent of the (space on the) signboards and name plates should be in Kannada. We are not against your business but if you are doing business in Karnataka then you have to respect our language. If you ignore Kannada or put Kannada letters in small, we will not let you operate here."