Mysore/Mysuru, Jan. 25 -- Chairman of the Kannada Development Authority (KDA), Purushotham Bilimale, has said that mere correspondence will not resolve the issue of neglect of Kannada in postal services and stressed that a large-scale protest is essential to safeguard the language.

Responding to Star of Mysore on the continued sidelining of Kannada in post office transactions, Bilimale said that under the Central Government, banks, post offices and public sector institutions such as BHEL have appointed a disproportionately large number of non-Kannada employees.

He alleged that within the federal framework, there is a systematic attempt to suppress regional languages and impose Hindi, while effective resistance has so far been lacking. ...