Rajya Sabha member B.K. Haprasad movesri Private Bill; To be tabled during ongoing Winter Session or in Budget Session.

Madikeri :

A Private Bill moved by Rajya Sabha member B.K. Hariprasad on inclusion of Kodava language in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution is likely to be tabled during the ongoing Winter Session or in the budget session of the Parliament, said Codava National Council (CNC) President N.U. Nachappa.

Briefing media persons here on Wednesday, Nachappa said that the CNC has been demanding inclusion of Kodava language in the Eighth Schedule for the last 16 years.

Pointing out that genealogy and ethnographic survey of Kodavas will be carried out with the help of Central and State Governments for the next three months (starting from Nov. 16), he appealed Kodavas to co-operate with the enumerators by furnishing details during their visit.

The first phase of the survey will be conducted in Virajpet taluk, second phase in Madikeri taluk and third phase in Somwarpet taluk, he said and added that the CNC thanks Congress Rajya Sabha member B.K. Hariprasad and AICC Spokesperson Brijesh Kalappa for extending their support.

Codava National Day:
Nachappa said that the CNC will be celebrate Codava National Day at Madikeri on Nov. 24. The CNC will press for fulfilment of 11-point charter of demands which include declaration of Kodagu as a Union Territory, Inclusion of Codavas in the 340th and 342nd Schedule of the Constitution, special economical, social and political status to Kodavas, security through inner line permit as defined in Article 371 of the Constitution, protection of Kodava land, continuation of gun licence rights for Kodavas and Jamma land holders, construction of Devati Parambu Memorial, global recognition of Kodavas on the lines of Jews, Parsis, Sindhis, Kashmir Pandits etc., establishment of a NIA or RAW unit in Kodagu to check infiltration of outside forces among others, he said.

DC reacts :
Meanwhile, Kodagu Deputy Commissioner Richard Vincent D’Souza, reacting to Nachappa’s claims that the genealogy and ethnographic survey would commence from Nov. 16, said that there was no communication to the district administration in this regard. He said that he had not received any government order to conduct such a survey.

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