Kannada-Hindi Spat Turns Ugly With Personal Remark News24 –
A video showing a dispute between two women at a Namma Metro station in Bengaluru has sparked a new social media buzz surrounding Bengaluru’s ongoing language debate. The incident reportedly happened after one of the passengers insisted the other speak in Kannada, while she responded in Hindi, resulting in an altercation near a ticket counter.
The video footage starts with the two women standing a few feet apart. The woman in a black burqa can be heard saying “Hindi mathadri (Speak Hindi)” while pointing to the other passenger. She then continues to make a derogatory remark when she asks, “Aurat hai (tu) Siddaramaiah ki? (Are you Siddaramaiah’s woman), Chal nikal (Get lost).”
“Tu aurat hai kya Siddaramaiah ki?”; taunted the furious Hindi-speaking Muslim lady to the Kannada Hindu woman.
The identities are so messed up here that it doesn’t qualify for outrage and a hullabaloo by language warriors. Time & energy saved. pic.twitter.com/Jk9uLlNwM9
— The Hawk Eye (@thehawkeyex) October 1, 2025
In response, the woman dressed in a saree can be heard saying several times “Kannada… Kannada” as the quarrel escalated. Neither woman would switch to speaking in either of their preferred languages, and the dispute soon became loud enough for other people surrounding them to notice.
A clip has been circulated widely on social media, and some users have reacted very strongly to it: one Reddit user who shared the video wrote: “Everyday there is a fight for Kannada & not sure why there is so much intolerance nowadays!” Another user on X commented, “The identities are so messed up here that it doesn’t qualify for outrage and a hullabaloo by language warriors. Time & energy saved.”
In other news, police in Bengaluru have registered a case following reports that a 16-year-old girl was allegedly married off at a mosque in Anepalya on September 26. Acting on government official’s plea, police in Ashok Nagar registered a case against unknown people under the Child Marriage Restraint Act on September 29. Officials confirmed the matter was referred to the Child Welfare Committee after the initial complaint was made, before police made any intervention. A separate petition, submitted to senior police officials from advocate Hussain Owais, named people including a Waqf Board member claiming they were involved. The complaint stated the marriage was in violation of child protection laws and questioned if the minor was pregnant.