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Mysuru: Clarifying his position on the study of Hindi, chairman of the Kannada Development Authority (KDA) SG Siddaramaiah on Monday said, “We do not oppose Hindi as a language. Has Karnataka become a laboratory to conduct these experiments?”The KDA chief said that the presence of a cultural forum in organisations would avert clashes. Villagers in rural areas will find dealing with banks hard owing to the imposition of Hindi. “While Kannada and English for internal administration, whereas Hindi is used in central organisations. Even the Constitution makes it clear that Hindi is not our national language, but few Members of Parliament are creating an issue out of it..