“As goons attack shops over ‘smaller Kannada fonts’ on signboards in Bengaluru, here is how Karnataka Congress leaders have been fanning the language divide to enable it”, Opindia, December 27,2023:
“Tensions have been escalating in Karnataka particularly Bengaluru after several outfits carried out violent protests over the language row. Members of pro-Kannada activist group Karnataka Rakshana Vedike stormed the streets in Bengaluru on 27th December (Wednesday).
As per reports, the protestors pelted stones and vandalised and defaced the properties of several business establishments after accusing them of not using or boldly highlighting the mandated percentage of Kannada language in their signboards.
Conspicuously, the goons displaying violent linguistic chauvinism gained strength from the fact that the administration and ruling party leaders had made statements fanning the language divide. Two days ago, the BBMP order made it mandatory to display signage covering 60% of space with content in the Kannada language while the rest 40% could be in English. And Karnataka Rakshana Vedike is demanding immediate implementation of this rule…..”
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