Bengaluru: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday urged all non-Kannadiga residents of Karnataka to wholeheartedly embrace local language Kannada.
He was addressing the State Kannada Rajyotsava event at Kanteerava Stadium yesterday morning, during which 67 achievers from different fields and 10 organisations working for social causes, including Mysuru’s Ramakrishna Ashram, were presented the coveted State Rajyotsava Award. Bommai said that everyone in the State must read Kannada newspapers and books and watch Kannada films, drama, dances and the like.
