Siddalingaiah for Kannada as medium of instruction in schools

Siddalingaiah, poet and president of the 81st Kannada Sahitya Sammelan, has stressed the need for a movement, involving a large section of public, to ensure Kannada as a medium of instruction at primary schools. “I am hopeful that the sammelan at Shravanabelagola will help find a solution to the imbroglio over the medium of instruction in primary schools,” he said.

Dr. Siddalingaiah was speaking to presspersons at Kirisave, a village in Channarayapatna taluk, on his way to Shravanabelagola.

He said, he would refer to the issue of medium of instruction in his speech and represent those fighting for the introduction of Kannada as medium of instruction in primary schools.

Sammelan reception committee’s working president C.N. Balakrishna welcomed the poet. Hassan district Kannada Sahitya Parishat president H.L. Janardana and others were among those present.