It has got the to table theKannadalanguage bill in the legislative assembly, the Kannada Development Authority (KDA) has set its sights even higher.
It is now seeking Official Language status for Kannada, besides other regional languages, at the national level and wants the state to take up the issue with the Union Government. KDA is exerting pressure on chief minister Basavaraj Bommai to pass a resolution, seeking official language status for Kannada and the 21 other languages listed under the 8th Schedule of the Constitution. Currently, onlyHindiand English have been identified as official languages, which means all communications and correspondences from the Centre are in these two languages.
The authority has already started work on a draft resolution with inputs of constitutional experts and languageluminaries. The government is apparently willing to take the initiative forward.