Chairman of the Coalition Coordination Committee Siddaramaiah has expressed resentment over the state government’s weak stand on the medium of instruction in government schools, and its continued indifference in giving a final shape to the new taluks. 
Siddaramaiah, who had ahead of the 2018 assembly elections as well as Lok Sabha elections, played the regional pride card along with the Karnataka flag, Kannada language and anti-Hindi imposition as key agendas, reiterated the need for Kannada as the medium of instruction