Daijiworld Media Network- Mangalore (RS/SP)
Mangalore, Feb 28: Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (KRV) will be pursuing with its demand to name the city's international airport after Rani Abbakka, a great queen who valiantly fought the British in Ullal, said T A Narayan Gowda, state president of Karnataka Rakshana Vedike.
He was speaking to the media persons at a press meet held here on Saturday February 28. He noted, that recommendation to rename Bengaluru Airport as ‘Kempe Gowda Airport' has already been made. Likewise, Mangalore Airport should be named in commemoration of our own historic leader Rani Abbakka. The Vedike will fight for this issue, he said.
The Vedike will arrange a 'Delhi Jatha' on March 26, and 27 to meet the Prime Minister and the President of India to pressurize them on issues like Kasaragod, Belgaum boundary disputes, Kalasa Bhandoori project and recruitment of Kannnadigas in the railways, Gowda said.
He urged the state government to take necessary action to protect Kannada. He claimed that organizations that have been working for the cause of Kannada have strengthened the language in the state.
Satish Salian, district president of the Vedike, A S Nagaraj ,state secretary and district secretary Valerian D’Souza were present at the press meet.