Bengaluru and the ever growing dispute dispute over Kannada, have once again become the talk of the town. A recent job posting by a housing finance company in the city’s Jayanagar area has sparked backlash among Kannadigas for prioritising proficiency in English, Tamil, and Telugu for contact centre executive roles—while omitting Kannada, the official and regional language of Karnataka.
While many users expressed outrage over the omission of Kannada, several others came up with explanations about the company’s preferences.
What did the job post say
The job post clearly stated that preference would be given to those candidates with experience in mortgage or banking sectors, along with fluency in English, Tamil and Telugu.
How X users reacted
Many users voiced their anger, insisting that Kannada should be prioritised in jobs based in Karnataka. Some argued that to reclaim their linguistic and cultural space, the state should mandate Kannada-medium education up to the 10th standard.
“This is against to KA rules, action should be taken on them. This will happen when these migrants take the govt granted. Tamil , telugu migrants r moving in huge number even now, adnna first stop maadbeku,” wrote one user.
“If Kannadigas have to reclaim their hold, make kannada medium compulsory up to 10th in Karnataka… migrants would never think of settling here…” added another X user.
‘Looks like…’
Amid all the outrage against the particular job post, several other users came up with rational explanations on how the company may not have had any vacancies for the Kannada language role.
“Bro, already they might be having those who speak Kannada. This vacancy might be just for other language speaker may be just few persons,” stated one X user.
“May be it’s there centralised call centre that reaches out to customers in Tamil Nadu and Andhra . Lot of companies have centralised call centre you will find these very common in delhi . They hire for all languages,” added another.
“ Looks like it’s for a centralised call centre, I’m sure there will be employees meant for Kannada outreach. No need to go overboard for everything,” wrote a third person.
