Protests mark Hindi Diwas in Karnataka

Several Kannada groups and Janata Dal (S) party workers staged protests against the “Hindi imposition” across the State on the occasion of Hindi Diwas on Tuesday.

Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (KRV) claimed to have picketed over 2,000 banks across the State demanding services in Kannada. Even in cyberspace, the hashtag #StopHindiImposition gained about 60,000 tweets.

Former Chief Minister and JD(S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy tweeted, “India is a union of many cultures, languages and people. Why is there a stupid attempt to impose one language over us?” He said that Hindi was “one of the languages of the Union, nothing more.”