Kannada and culture minister asks Centre not to close regional channels

BENGALURU: Shivaraj S Tangadagi, Minister for Backward Classes Welfare and Kannada and Culture, on Friday, penned a letter to Anurag Thakur, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, expressing his anguish over closing regional channels.

In the letter, he stated that the union government is promoting the programmes of the central government through Prasar Bharathi, which also includes Prime Minister’s Mann Ki Baat, and is also airing recorded versions in regional languages.