The forthcoming mandate arrives as activist group Kannada Rakshana Vedike initiates a statewide campaign to collect workforce demographic data from private manufacturing and technology companies. Activists plan to deploy verification teams directly to workplaces and have threatened demonstrations against non-compliant businesses. The Chief Minister indicated the government will probe discriminatory recruitment directly, revisiting tensions that previously led the state to shelve a local-reservation bill after pushback from Nasscom.
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Private technology and manufacturing firms face heightened scrutiny and potential protest…: Private technology and manufacturing firms face heightened scrutiny and potential protests from activist groups demanding local employment data.
The state government intends to directly investigate complaints regarding discrimination…: The state government intends to directly investigate complaints regarding discrimination against Kannadigas in private hiring processes.
Officials are balancing pro-Kannada employment demands against the operational concerns o…: Officials are balancing pro-Kannada employment demands against the operational concerns of the state's commercial technology sector.
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The government is likely to issue an order this month, Shivakumar said after launching the Kannada Rajyotsava celebrations in Bengaluru. The move comes as the state faces renewed complaints of bias against locals in hiring by IT and other private companies.
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Pro-Kannada outfit Kannada Rakshana Vedike (KRV), meanwhile, announced a statewide drive to collect data on the number of Kannadigas employed by private technology and manufacturing companies.
The KRV said its teams would visit companies this month seeking details of local employment. The organisation warned that it would stage protests outside firms that refuse to share the information.
"We are not asking for a share in companies' profits. We only want them to respect the right of Kannadigas to employment," KRV state president TA Narayana Gowda said.
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