Karnataka govt writes to Maharashtra seeking replacement of Marathi teachers in their Kannada school
Bengaluru: Karnataka's Minister of Kannada and Culture, Shivaraj Tangadagi, announced on Friday that the state government has formally requested the Maharashtra government to appoint Kannada-trained teachers in Kannada schools located in districts bordering Karnataka. This decision follows concerns raised over the appointment of Marathi-educated teachers in Sangli and Solapur districts of southern Maharashtra, which share borders with Karnataka.
Minister Tangadagi confirmed that Karnataka had previously addressed a similar issue with the Kerala government regarding Kannada schools in Kasaragod, a border district with Kerala. Following Karnataka's request, Kerala replaced Malayalam-trained teachers with Kannada educators, demonstrating cooperation between the two states on linguistic educational matters.
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Assuring the public, Tangadagi expressed confidence that Maharashtra would also respond positively by appointing Kannada-trained teachers to these schools. He highlighted discussions with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, emphasizing the importance of using Kannada as the primary medium of instruction in border schools.
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CPIM's M A Baby frontrunner for general secretary post, Bengal leaders back AIKS' Dhawale
Madurai (PTI): Former Kerala minister M A Baby appeared to be the frontrunner for the post of CPI(M) general secretary with the Politburo backing him, even as leaders from West Bengal backed All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) president Ashok Dhawale.
According to sources, many leaders backed Baby at a meeting of the Politburo, the highest decision-making body of the CPI(M), on Saturday night.
However, leaders from West Bengal, including Nilotpal Basu, Tapan Sen, Ram Chandra Dome and Md Salim, put their weight behind Dhawale, the sources said.
Dhawale initially proposed Salim's name but Salim said he wanted to continue as the secretary for West Bengal, where the CPI(M) is working to regain foothold. The leaders from the state then proposed Dhawale's name.
The final decision on the general secretary will be taken after the new Central Committee and Politburo are decided on Sunday.
Many of Baby's supporters gathered at the venue of the ongoing party congress, held once every three years, in Sitaram Yechury Nagar here and raised slogans backing him.
Several top leaders of the Politburo are likely to step down as they have crossed the age of 75.
According to the sources, members said during the Politburo meeting that Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan should get another extension.
Vijayan, 79, was given an extension in the last party congress as well.
Brinda Karat (77), Subhashini Ali (77), Prakash Karat (77), Manik Sarkar (76), Suryakant Mishra (76) and G Ramakrishnan (75) are among the Politburo members who have crossed or reached the age limit of 75 set by the party.
The 24th party congress of the CPI(M) began on April 2 and will end on Sunday.
