The former CM alleged that the state government is pushing forward the BJP-led central government’s Hindi agenda in the state.
After DMK, JD-S takes jibe on SSC exams in Hindi, English; calls it "discriminatory". (File Photo: IANS)
Taking the Hindi versus regional languages controversy back to political air , Janata Dal-S (JD-S) leader and former Karnataka chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Friday took jibe on Karnataka government over conducting the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) exams for Central government departments in English and Hindi only.
Kumaraswamy alleged that the BJP is trying to suppress regional languages. Taking to his twitter handle, he wrote, “SSC is conducting exams for 20,000 vacancies in English and Hindi only. Selected candidates can be posted in any state. No scope for conducting the exams in any regional languages, including Kannada. Can there be any more evidence of Hindi imposition and language discrimination than this,”
ಕೇಂದ್ರದ ಸಿಬ್ಬಂದಿ ಆಯ್ಕೆ ಆಯೋಗ (SSC) 20,000 ಹುದ್ದೆ ಆಯ್ಕೆಗೆ ಹಿಂದಿ-ಇಂಗ್ಲೀಷ್ʼನಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾತ್ರ ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆ ನಡೆಸುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಆಯ್ಕೆಯಾದ ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಥಿಯನ್ನು ಯಾವ ರಾಜ್ಯಕ್ಕಾದರೂ ಕಳುಹಿಸಬಹುದು. ಕನ್ನಡ ಸೇರಿ ಯಾವುದೇ ಪ್ರಾದೇಶಿಕ ಭಾಷೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆಗೆ ಅವಕಾಶವಿಲ್ಲ.
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The former CM alleged that the state government is pushing forward the BJP-led central government’s Hindi agenda in the state.
“It appears that the BJP bears the evil intention of destroying regional languages. It seems they are filled with hate for southern languages, including Kannada. They intend to bury the three-language formula,” Kumaraswamy wrote in his multiple thread tweet.
He went on to demand that the SSC exams should be conducted in Kannada also, and only Kannada-speaking persons should be appointed to posts in the state.
On the other hand, leaders of the ruling BJP in Karnataka shot down the objections as a poll step that is being raked up with the upcoming assembly elections in mind.
The CGL exam will be conducted by the Staff Selection Commission through which about 20,000 jobs in Union government departments will be filled.
Kumaraswamy’s reaction came after Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP Kanimozhi marked her opposition on the government notification which states that only English and Hindi languages will be used for the Combined Graduate Level (CGL) exam.
Criticizing the Union government’s announcement regarding the CGL examination, Kanimozhi said, “The Indian Union’s sovereignty is rooted in its pluralism. On the contrary, trying to impose singularity on everything is going against the democratic spirit.”
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