Bengaluru, May 23 -- Workers of Pro Kannada organisations staged protest in Bengaluru demanding the removal of actress Tamannah Bhatia as the brand ambassador from Karnataka Soaps and detergents limited (KSDL). The actress has been offered an amount of Rs 6.2 crore to work the brand.

Meanwhile, Karnataka Large and medium Industries Minister MB Patil stated that the locals of Karnataka were extremely unhappy with the appointment of actress Tamannah Bhatia as an ambassador of the KSDL products.

Addressing a press conference, Patil said that the matter was not of language, but of earning global and national reputation through work.

"I am a person who has a lot of respect for Kannada identity. This is trade, business... and should be promo...