Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that the concerns raised by the Karnataka government over Kerala's decision to make Malayalam a compulsory first language in schools are baseless.
In a post on X, the Chief Minister said, "Kerala's progress has always been rooted in comprehensive development anchored in equality and brotherhood. The Government remains steadfast in upholding the constitutional values of secularism and pluralism."
Launching a vile attack on Congress leadership, Chandrasekhar said, "It is ironical that the Congress party, on top of whom sits an Italian lady (Sonia Gandhi), who's the leader, who has brought to Kerala and put on the heads of Wayanad, a non-Malayalam speaking MP (Priyanka Gandhi Vadra)
Addressing a press conference here on Friday, Balagopal said, "I can assure you about one thing that there will be no discrimination against anyone in the state," as criticism from neighbouring Karnataka intensified over the bill's provisions.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday wrote a letter to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan expressing grave concerns about the Malayalam Language Bill, highlighting that the compulsion of making Malayalam the first language even in Kannada-medium schools, particularly in bor