Bangalore: The Karnataka government has made it compulsory to hoist the Kannada flag on November 1, the state foundation day. Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said that the Kannada flag should be hoisted in all educational institutions, business establishments and factories, including IT, BT sectors in Bengaluru. He also said that about 50% of the people living in Bengaluru and Bengaluru Urban district are from other states and they should learn the Kannada language. Shivakumar stressed the necessity of this event citing the celebration of 50 years of Karnataka being renamed.
Shivakumar says that November 1 is a day of pride and celebration for the Kannada community. He called it compulsory to hoist the Kannada flag in schools, colleges and various business areas and said that an order will be issued to ensure this. Shivakumar also said that the yellow and red Kannada flag designed by Veer Senani Ma Ramamurthy in the 1960s is widely recognised. He believes that Rajyotsava celebrations should not be held only at one place but across the state, and through this the message should be given that knowledge of Kannada language is compulsory in Karnataka.
He said that schools and colleges should hoist Kannada flags as well as organise cultural programmes, which will strengthen the feeling that Kannada language is important in Karnataka. However, he made it clear that cultural programmes are not expected from factories and commercial establishments, but hoisting Kannada flags is compulsory. When asked what punishment will be given for not following the order, he said that learning Kannada on the land of Karnataka is the duty of everyone, and it should be followed voluntarily.
However, Shivakumar's move is also being criticized. Some people are raising questions that the Karnataka government is trying to create regional conflict by promoting linguistic division. They believe that this move may be a part of the politics of Congress, which has been trying to divide the society on the basis of religion and caste. Many people are considering this as an attempt to break the diverse linguistic and cultural unity of India.
India is a multilingual country where different languages are spoken in every state, but people live with mutual cooperation and understanding. People of many languages and dialects also live in Hindi speaking states, but there is no conflict between them. Language diversity has always been respected in India, and people show interest in learning each other's languages. But when it is said that learning the language of a state is mandatory to live there, then it can be an attempt to create a kind of division. After DK Shivakumar's statement, questions have been raised on the intentions of the Congress and its politics, and many people are considering it as an attempt to create discrimination in the name of language.
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