BENGALURU: The Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI) has expressed concern over the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) directions for enforcing ’60 per cent Kannada’ on all nameboards for commercial establishments.
In this regard, FKCCI reiterated that it will always follow the rules of the government and will also instruct its members to adhere to the orders of the government or BBMP. However, FKCCI requested that the state government not initiate any action under the rule until the deadline of February 28, 2024.
“We request the government and BBMP not to initiate any action for the above rule till the deadline of February 28, 2024 and also urges the government to ensure that no one takes law in their own hands to harass the trade and commercial establishments”, FKCCI president Ramesh Chandra Lahoti said in a statement.
Meanwhile, the Bengaluru police on Wednesday detained members of the Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (KRV), a pro-Kannada activist group, who staged a protest in Bengaluru demanding that all businesses and enterprises in Karnataka should put up nameboards in Kannada in their shops to fulfill the state government obligation that 60 per cent of the nameplate should be in Kannada. (ANI)