Bengaluru, Jan. 10 -- Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Saturday said that states in India were carved out on the basis of language and stressed the need to address language-related concerns in border regions.

Speaking in Bengaluru with the media, Parameshwara referred to a recent circular issued by the Kerala government directing priority to be given to the local language, Malayalam. He noted that people living in bordering areas, such as Kasargod along the Karnataka-Kerala border, continue to speak Kannada.

He said, "States have been carved out on the basis of language. The Kerala government has issued a circular ordering priority to be given to the local language (Malayalam). People living in bordering areas, such as Kasargod...