A bill will be introduced in the coming joint session of the State Legislature to be held in December to enact a suitable law on the use of Kannada language in the fields, and get it passed in the session, announced Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.

Speaking after hoisting a Kannada flag on the occasion of 67th Kannada Rajyotsava at Sri Kanteerava Indoor Stadium organised by Department of School Education and Literacy and Comprehensive Education here on Tuesday, he said the country’s every language is a mother’s tongue and all the languages are Rashtrabhasha. Kannada is their mother’s tongue as well as ‘Rashtrabhasha’. A law will be enacted in the State by getting the bill passed in the coming session of the State Legislature on the use of Kannada in all fields. Once this is done, the BJP government will become the first one to give legal protection for the Kannada language. Let there be a free and frank discussion on the proposed legislation in public and the government is ready to accept all the suggestions with an open mind. Apart from passing legislation on the use of Kannada in all fields, one must get the feeling of living for the sake of this language.