New Delhi: The Bengaluru police on Wednesday cracked down on a protest by Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (KRV), a pro-Kannada activist group, who demanded that each one companies and enterprises in Karnataka ought to show nameplates in Kannada of their retailers as per the state authorities rule that 60 per cent of the nameplate needs to be in Kannada. The protest, led by KRV State President T A Narayan Gowda, was geared toward creating public consciousness concerning the significance of Kannada language and tradition.
However, among the KRV activists additionally resorted to vandalism and broken among the store boards carrying English nameplates. They additionally broke flower pots, signboards and sprayed black ink outdoors the Mall of Asia in Bengaluru.
KRV State President T N Narayan Gowda stated that many individuals from different states are doing enterprise in Bengaluru however they don’t seem to be respecting the native language and id. He stated that they need to both put up nameplates in Kannada or go away the state. He additionally stated that there’s a Karnataka authorities regulation that mandates 60 per cent of the nameplate to be in Kannada however nobody is following it correctly.
“We are holding a massive awareness protest rally today. If the police stop us today, our struggle will not stop. We will continue the rally every day till our demands are met,” he stated. He additionally accused the Mall of Asia of ignoring their request to place up a Kannada nameplate and stated that they are going to struggle in opposition to it. He stated that the police are offering full safety to the mall at the moment however they will be unable to take action tomorrow.
He stated that their activists will protest once more till their demand is fulfilled. The rally began from Nada Prabhu Kempegowda International Airport Toll (Sadarahalli Gate) and ended at Cubbon Park. Earlier, Tushar Giri Nath, chief commissioner of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), had stated that by February 28, all of the business retailers beneath the BBMP want to put in 60 per cent Kannada language nameplates, failing which they are going to face authorized motion.
He had stated that he’ll maintain a gathering with all of the zonal commissioners and problem applicable instructions to make sure the compliance of the rule. He had stated that each one the business retailers on the 1400 km of arterial and sub-arterial roads within the metropolis might be surveyed zone-wise and given a discover to implement Kannada language nameplates by February 28.
