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Opposing railway exams being conducted lone successful Hindi and English, the Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (KRV) has announced that it would disrupt the exams scheduled to beryllium held successful Bengaluru and Hubballi connected Tuesday.
South Western Railway is holding its promotion exams for 295 posts, including 194 posts for Goods Train Manager (60% promotional quota) and Limited Departmental Competitive Examination (LDCE) (15% promotional quota) successful the Hubballi Division connected Tuesday.
Following protests earlier successful 2008, the Railway Examination Board began holding exams successful section languages arsenic well, including Kannada. “But the committee has gone backmost to its aged ways and is holding these exams lone successful Hindi and English. We volition not let this exam to instrumentality spot astatine immoderate cost,” said T. A. Narayana Gowda, president, KRV.
He said the KRV would clasp a protestation successful beforehand of the Railway Divisional Office adjacent Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna City Railway Station successful Bengaluru connected Tuesday. He further said that Cottonpet Police had served them a announcement informing them not to clasp the protest, but added that the protestation would spell up arsenic scheduled.
“We are acceptable to spell to jailhouse to support the involvement of Kannadigas. We volition observe Ugadi successful jailhouse this year,” helium said.
Mr. Gowda besides demanded the resignation of Union Ministers V. Somanna, who is simply a Minister of State successful Railways Department, H.D. Kumaraswamy and Pralhad Joshi, for failing to support the involvement of the State.
