Thawar Chand Gehlot.
Credit: DH Photo/ S K Dinesh
Karnataka Raj Bhavan has issued a statement clarifying that Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot did not reject the ordinance on 60 per cent signage in Kannada, but returned it to the state government with advice.
Earlier, Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar was the one who reported that the Governor had returned the ordinance.
“We made a law and approved an ordinance. The Governor could have given his assent. Instead, he has sent it back saying it should be passed in the Assembly,” DKS had said.
The Siddaramaiah administration had decided to take the ordinance route in the wake of violent protests by pro-Kannada outfits that targeted businesses in Bengaluru for not giving prominence to the state language.
Karnataka's Budget session is scheduled to start next month with Gehlot addressing both houses of legislature on February 12.
With DHNS inputs