Karnataka government cancels Urdu festival at Vidhana Soudha steps; Congress warns against using state institutions for non-Kannada language events

The government has canceled the plan to hold an Urdu festival on the steps of the Vidhana Soudha. Congress leader T.A. Narayanganoud stated that while there is no opposition to the Urdu language or people, using the steps of the Vidhana Soudha, the state's center of administration, for any language or cultural program is questionable. He added that the state's administrative language and the language of the land are Kannada, and the glorification of other languages in the Vidhana Soudha is inappropriate.