The Karnataka BJP condemned the state education minister for instructing his department to take action against a school student. Madhu Bangarappa was reportedly questioned by the student why he wasn’t speaking in Kannada despite being the state education minister.

Urging the Governor to bring the matter to the attention of the President and highlighting the need for immediate action against the Union Minister, Ministers Krishna Byre Gowda and Dinesh Gundu Rao have said that the Union Minister’s statement warrant an inquiry into his motives and accountability for actions that contravene the principles of the Commission of Inquiry Act, 1952.