Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on October 08 claimed that the teachers raised the issue of the Kannada language and culture being "under attack".

He said that "our education system is under systematic attack from adverse ideological forces and that attack has reached now our curriculum."

"I spoke to the teachers and students. The teachers said why government schools are being neglected. Why our culture, our 'Kannada' language is under attack? Why the glory of the history of Karnataka is being erased from textbooks Why our culture and history is being attacked and damaged?" Rahul said.