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“A law will be enacted in the state by passing the law in the next session of the state legislature on the use of kannada in all areas. We will be the first government to grant legal protection to the Kannada language,” the prime minister said on the day of the foundation in Karnataka. “Every language in India is both a mother tongue and a national language. Kannada is also a mother tongue as well as a national language. The law prescribing Kannada in all areas is introduced for the development and protection of Kannada. We will be the first government to legally cover Kannada,” the prime minister said during his speech at the 67th Karnataka Rajyotsava celebrations in Bangalore. The Supreme Court of Karnataka has postponed a petition from the Truth Pro Foundation India (TPFI), a non-governmental organization that runs the Kannada news portal Pratidhvani and challenges the recently notified Information Technology (Intermediate Guidelines and Digital Media Code of Ethics) Rules 2021 (IT Rules), which aim to regulate digital news portals. The motion, filed by lawyer Rakesh B Bhatt, asserts that the rules are ultra vires the Information Technology Act of 2000 because they establish a classification of current news and content publishers and seek to regulate news portals under Part III of the rules. It is said that the introduction of a code of ethics that establishes such vague conditions as “good taste”, “decency”, etc. is not provided for in the parent law (Information Technology Act).

The petition states that the challenge is limited to the 2021 IT rules with respect to the digital news portal and not to publishers of organised online content, i.e. OTT media platforms or other entities that are sought to be regulated by the challenged rules. In September, Bommai informed the assembly that a new law would be introduced to make Kannada legally binding and increase the use of the language after the state saw protests by opposition parties and pro-Kannada groups against the Hindi divas. The Karnataka Supreme Court on Wednesday suspended new orders of two government decrees in 2021 making the Kannada language a compulsory subject in state curricula. A ministry. The Kannada Development Authority (KDA) is drafting a bill that would bring all language protection and promotion issues under one roof, said panel chair and award-winning national filmmaker TS Nagabharana. Noting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has supported the well-being and development of Karnataka, the Prime Minister said: “According to the Prime Minister, all languages in the country are mother tongues and national languages. Kannada is therefore both our mother tongue and our national language. Bommai suggested that Kannada should not remain just a language, but become a way of life, saying, “Kannada pride and self-esteem should be kept high and we should move forward. He explained that about three lakh jobs will be created in Karnataka over the next three to four years, and said the state will see development if investments of 7 lakh crore are made.

Up to 8,000 classrooms will be built in one year, the prime minister stressed, saying that since the founding of the state in 1956, no government has started building classrooms on such a scale. “If the same program continues over the next three years, there will be no shortage of classrooms in the state,” he said. The Karnataka Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the state government not to force students who do not want to take the Kannada language as a compulsory subject during their studies. In addition, he said that a public debate on the law was needed and that the government was open to proposals. “Kannada should not remain a language, but be part of life in every way,” he said. The crowd in front of Vidhana Soudha during the celebrations of the 67th Karnataka Rajyotsava in Bengaluru on November 1|, 2022. Photo credit: PTI Students from outside Karnataka cannot be forced to learn the Kannada language, whether classical or functional, the Supreme Court ruled orally on Tuesday, giving the state government time to reconsider the issue. The Supreme Court disapproved of the practice of appointing officials of questionable integrity as the authority responsible for IMA fraud cases and asked the government for an explanation on Wednesday. After more than six and a half decades of state formation, Bommai said it was time for every canadiga to look inside at their individual contribution to Karnataka`s development. “Every person should have Kannada pride and identity and move forward with unity. The children of Canadiga are expected to become global performers,” he said. The Karnataka government will introduce a bill in the next Parliament in December making the use of the Kannada language mandatory in all areas of activity, Prime Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Tuesday, at a time when there is a dispute over the introduction of Hindi by the Bharatiya Janata Party government in the centre.