Karnataka CM writes to Centre, asks for removal of Hindi script from Namma Metro

July 28, 2017 22:25

Amid the protests over the use of Hindi in Bengaluru Metro signboards, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has written a letter to Union Urban Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar asserting that the state government was compelled to ask the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd to temporarily re-design the signages and name boards in Namma Metro stations, without using the Hindi language, in the backdrop of the row over its use.

The chief minister then asked the Union Minister to review the ministry's earlier decision on use of three languages which are - Regional, Hindi and English as the centre's "three language policy is not reasonable."

In his letter, Siddaramaiah stated that it would be appropriate to implement policies of the state government in the metro.

"Although both the Centre and State have equal stake in the BMRCL, the financial contribution of the state government is much more than that of the Government of India. Moreover, the supervision of operations, providing of security etc to the BMRCL is the responsibility of the state government. Also, the state government has undertaken to repay all the loans contracted by the BMRCL and also to bear the operating losses," he said in the letter.

Earlier, the Pro-Kannada organisation Karnataka Rakshana Vedike staged a protest in front of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike demanding 70 percent of the language written on any board/signboard or name plate should be in Kannada.

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