Yediyurappa breaks his silence on Amit Shah's 'one nation, one language' proposal
At last Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa broke his silence over BJP national president Amit Shah’s ‘one nation, one language’ appeal.
After 48 hours CM writes," All official languages in our country are equal. However, as far as Karnataka is concerned, #Kannada is the principal language. We will never compromise its importance and are committed to promote Kannada and our state’s culture.”
On Saturday, BJP leader Amit Shah had batted for Hindi as the common language, saying that if any language can unite the country, it is Hindi that is spoken the most.
Opposition leaders in Karnataka has termed Shah's statement as an attempt to 'impose' Hindi on the state.
Yediyurappa's statements can be termed as a balanced one because he had to craft a fine caste and regional stability .