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The Legislative Assembly election is scheduled to be held in Karnataka before May 2023 (File photo of Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai )
“The committee has been asked to study and submit a report to the government within a week,” Kannada & Culture Minister V Sunil Kumar in a tweet
The Karnataka government has constituted a committee under educationist Mohan Alva to recognise Tulu as the second official language of the state. The BJP-led government’s move came at a time when just three months are left for the Karnataka Assembly election.
Kannada & Culture Minister V Sunil Kumar on Monday said a panel headed by M. Mohan Alva, chairman, Alva’s Education Foundation, Moodbidri has been formed to study the demand for and make recommendations to accord official language status to Tulu in Karnataka.
“The committee has been asked to study and submit a report to the government within a week,” Kannada & Culture Minister V Sunil Kumar in a tweet.
Tuluvas are a large ethnolinguistic group in coastal Karnataka. Tulu language activists have been demanding its inclusion in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution.
Tulu is said to have a history dating back 2,500 years, making it one of South India’s oldest spoken languages.
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