bengaluru, Jan. 10 -- Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Friday wrote to his Kerala counterpart Pinarayi Vijayan expressing strong reservations over the proposed Malayalam language bill, warning that it could adversely impact linguistic minorities, especially in border districts such as Kasaragod. In his letter, Siddaramaiah said he was writing "with a sense of mutual respect, cooperation within the federal framework and constitutional responsibility", values that he said have long guided relations between Karnataka and Kerala. "These two states are bound not just by geography but by deep cultural, social and human ties," he noted. The chief minister flagged concerns over provisions that would make Malayalam the compulsory first langu...