Bengaluru, May 28, 2025 (ANI): On actor Kamal Haasan's reported statement about Kannada language originating from Tamil, Congress MLA Rizwan Arshad questioned the debate. He said that Kannada and Tamil were two ancient languages and part of our countries foundation.He said, "What kind of a debate is this?... Kannada and Tamil are ancient languages and part of our country's foundation. Is this debate necessary at a time when all of us have to be united? I did not expect Kamal Haasan to make such a statement. It is unfortunate."
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00:00Sir, any comments on after Kamalassan's statement, Tamil to Kannada is the first?
00:06Sir, what kind of debate is this? Kannada language has a history of thousands of years, right?
00:14Our Lippi itself is 1500 years.
00:19And Tamil, Kannada, all these are languages which are ancient, which are part of the foundation of this country.
00:28That means it goes back to thousands of years' history.
00:32What kind of debate is this necessary at all at a time when we all have to get united,
00:37whether it's Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, everyone has to get together.
00:42I didn't expect Mr. Kamalassan to come out with this kind of statement, which is unfortunate.