Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)
Bengaluru, Jul 20: In a fresh bout of renewed activism against the so-called imposition of Hindi on Kannadigas, activists have turned their ire against writings in Hindi in Namma Metro stations. A number of boards appearing in Hindi alphabet were seen to have been defaced.
Hindi boards were seen to have been painted black in several metro stations including Peenya, Yeshwantpur, Chikkapete, Jayanagara, and Rajajnagara among others. Only sections of the boards appearing in Hindi were targetted early morning on Thursday July 20.
It is gathered that when some people tried to obliterate Hindi boards at MG Road station of Namma metro, they were taken into custody by security personnel. As per eyewitness accounts, about ten activists came to the M G Road station holding placards and banners in hand and approached the station at about 2.30 am on Thursday. The police personnel posted at the station immediately pounced into action and took the activists into custody before they could do the damage. The placards and banners waved by them resented forcible imposition of Hindi on people living in Bengaluru.