B.S. Yeddyurappa, Shivamogga MP and national vice-president of the Bharatiya Janata Party, on Sunday called upon the Tamil-speaking people to accord priority for education.
Inaugurating the newly constructed convention hall of Tamil Tai Sangham here, Mr. Yeddyurappa said, the Tamil-speaking people had contributed a lot to agriculture, industry and construction sectors in Shivamogga district. Describing education as a means of empowerment, he urged Tamil-speaking people to accord priority to educate their children.
Mr. Yeddyurappa stressed on the need to develop a cordial relationship between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The decision to install the statue of Tamil poet Tiruvallavar at Bengaluru and Kannada poet Sarvajna at Chennai was taken during the BJP rule in Karnataka. He said, both Tiruvallavar and Sarvajna were great poets, who advocated liberal values in their literary works. It was essential to translate the works of these poets into Hindi and other north Indian
languages, he said.
Leader of the Opposition in Legislative Council K.S. Eshwarappa, Member of Rajya Sabha Ayanur Manjunath and Shivamogga MLA K.B. Prasanna Kumar were present.
