Hubballi: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said the government will take legal recourse on banning the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MY) in Karnataka. After attending the two-day state executive committee meeting in Hubballi, Bommai urged pro-Kannada activists to call off the proposed bandh on December 31.
“We’re considering all legal options to ban the MES. I’m in talks with the legal department and the advocate general on this issue. I urge the organisers of the bandh to withdraw it,” he said.
Bommai also reasoned that the economy is still picking up post the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic and a bandh call at this point will hurt the middleclass and the common man further.
“Bandh is not an answer for everything. At a time when we are slowly coming out of the pandemic crisis but still witnessing a rise in cases once again in the state, let the organisations not call for a bandh. We’ll welcome every other manner of lobbying to air their concerns,” he said.
The CM said his government has already agreed to the pro-Kannada organisations’ appeal to act against those who are anti-Kannada.
Asked if the state is prepared to deal with the situation with “force”, he said: “We’ll take a call at that time.”
“We’re considering all legal options to ban the MES. I’m in talks with the legal department and the advocate general on this issue. I urge the organisers of the bandh to withdraw it,” he said.
Bommai also reasoned that the economy is still picking up post the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic and a bandh call at this point will hurt the middleclass and the common man further.
“Bandh is not an answer for everything. At a time when we are slowly coming out of the pandemic crisis but still witnessing a rise in cases once again in the state, let the organisations not call for a bandh. We’ll welcome every other manner of lobbying to air their concerns,” he said.
The CM said his government has already agreed to the pro-Kannada organisations’ appeal to act against those who are anti-Kannada.
Asked if the state is prepared to deal with the situation with “force”, he said: “We’ll take a call at that time.”
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