The language row in Karnataka took a fresh turn on Saturday with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah insisting that the use of English and Hindi was “weakening talent of our children”. The senior politician also called for laws to ensure that the mother tongue was used as the primary medium of instruction at educational institutions.

“Children of developed nations think, learn, dream in mother tongue but here situation is against it. English, Hindi are weakening talent of our children. A law needed to make the mother tongue the medium of instruction. Centre should ensure education through mother tongue,” Siddaramaiah reiterated during his Rajyotsava address.

He also accused the BJP-led central government of meting out a “step-motherly treatment to Karnataka” and imposing the Hindi language on it

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