India, Nov. 1 -- Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday targeted the BJP-led government at the Centre, claiming that grants were being given for the promotion of Hindi and Sanskrit while other Indian languages were being neglected. He was speaking in Bengaluru on the occasion of the 70th Karnataka Rajyotsava, the formation day of the state of Karnataka.

In his address, he urged people to "oppose all those who are anti-Kannada" and claimed that injustice was being done to the Kannada language as it was being "denied adequate funds for its growth".

Siddaramaiah once again invoked a full-fledged language war against the Centre as he accused the BJP-led government of "meting out step-motherly treatment to Karnataka and imposing H...