Kannada lessons to be taught in 2,000 madrasas across Karnataka
Bengaluru: The Kannada Development Authority (KDA) has launched a statewide initiative to introduce Kannada language education in around 2,000 madrasas.
At the launch of a Kannada language workshop for nearly 180 madrasa teachers, KDA Chairman Purushottam Bilimale underscored the importance of linguistic integration. “No community should be subject to humiliation through language. Any community that learns the state language gains the spirit to live harmoniously in the land they reside. Hence, it is vital for minorities to learn Kannada,” Deccan Herald quoted KDA Chairman Purushottam Bilimale as saying.
Bilimale said the initiative aims to foster better communication and mutual understanding among communities through the state language.
The KDA is working on publishing 100 books under the title, "Foundations of Kannada Linguistic Harmony" for student communities, which will be released soon.
Bilimale further proposed that the autonomous Urdu Academy be brought under the Department of Kannada and Culture to enable its more active involvement in such state-backed programmes.
U. Nisar Ahmed, Chairman of the Minorities Commission, announced that the KDA will soon implement Kannada learning across all 2,000 madrasas. He added that the authority would also be responsible for printing the syllabus for these institutions.
In response, Minority Welfare Minister Zameer Ahmed assured that the department would make the necessary arrangements to support the initiative.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
