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Siddaramaiah Government Mandates Kannada Labels On Local Products, Declares ‘Kannada Is Our Soul’

During his speech on occasion of Kannada Rajyotsava, Siddaramaiah highlighted the importance of Kannada language. He urged people to never give up the pride of Kannada.

Siddaramaiah Government Mandates Kannada Labels On Local Products, Declares ‘Kannada Is Our Soul’

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said that Karnataka government will make efforts to ensure that products manufactured in the state contains label in the Kannada language. Chief Minister’s statement came on occasion of Kannada Rajyotsava celebrations. He informed that Karnataka government has taken two monumental steps to honour the land and language. These decision include, establishing a state-level museum in Mysuru to celebrate Karnataka’s rich culture and civilization—from ancient times to the modern Silicon Valley era and steps to ensure that Kannada, along with English, is printed on labels for all products manufactured in Karnataka.

He said that at present, goods and products manufactured in Karnataka carry only the English language on packaging. Siddaramaiah added that he now wants to ensure that all the products carry names in Kannada as well in the packaging.

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He shared the post on X and wrote, “Karnataka is our pride, Kannada is our soul! On this special occasion of Kannada Rajyotsava, we take two monumental steps to honor our land and language: Establishing a state-level museum in Mysuru to celebrate Karnataka’s rich culture and civilization—from ancient times to the modern Silicon Valley era. To take firm steps to ensure that Kannada, along with English, is printed on labels for all products manufactured in Karnataka. Let us breathe new life into our heritage and stand tall with pride in our language and culture! Jai Kannada, Jai Karnataka!”

‘Never Forget To Speak Kannada,’ Says Siddaramaiah

Furthermore, during his speech on occasion of Kannada Rajyotsava, Siddaramaiah highlighted the importance of Kannada. He urged people to never give up the pride of Kannada and never forget the language also. He said, “In 2023, after I became the Chief Minister, I announced in the budget that Karnataka Day must be celebrated. We should teach Kannada to people. Kannada language has 2000 years of history. We at any cost should not sacrifice our language. Never give up the pride of Kannada. We didn’t say never learn another language but I say never forget to speak Kannada.”

Karnataka CM even warned people to refrain from abusing Kannada Language and Kannada People. He observed that there has been a trend among some people on social media to insult and abuse the language. Alarming them, he said that a strict action would be taken against people degrading the language.

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