Members of the pro-Kannada Activist group Karnataka Rakshana Vedike have been detained today for damaging shops amid the 60% Kannada Rule Controversy.
Several videos are going viral on social media showing how the group has damaged the signboards and other properties. These people are even damaging the boards with Kannada language in them apart from English. This is something not acceptable. Love for the language is good, but one should not force anyone to do these things and take the law into their hands.
What is the 60% Kannada Rule?
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If you don’t know why this matter of 60% Kannada Rule is taking the heat, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike has introduced a rule that every commercial establishment in Kannada should have 60% signage in the Kannada language with a deadline of 28 February 2024. Failing to do so will lead to closing the shop and canceling the trade license.
There is a deadline of 28th of February. Still, these so-called activist are taking things into their own hands by damaging the sign boards and the properties. The Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry has requested the officials not to take matters into their own hands before the deadline. As many establishments are unaware of this, the 60% Kannada Rule has been announced by the BBMP and not by fringe organizations, so it will take time for awareness and change in signage.
TN Narayan Gowda, president of the Karnataka Rakshana Vedika, has said that many people have come from other states and started their shops in Karnataka. Still, they are not using Kannada on their signboards but using English on their nameplates. But if they want to run their shops or business in Karnataka, they must change their nameplates in Kannada. Otherwise, they must move to other states.
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