Canadian MP Chandra Arya Receives A Standing Ovation In Parliament For A Moving Speech In Kannada

Amid the Hindi-national language row, an Indian man just made Kannada a hit in the Canadian parliament.?Chandra Arya, an Indian-born Canadian lawmaker, is winning the hearts of Indians all over the globe after he spoke in his mother tongue Kannada in the Canadian Parliament on Thursday.

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In his address, he added how proud he feels that it's the first time the language has been spoken in any parliament outside India.?

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Chandra Arya, a Member of Parliament from Nepean, hails from Dwaralu, a small village in Sira Taluk of Tumakuru district in Karnataka.

In his speech, he says,

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"I spoke in my mother tongue (first language), Kannada, in the Canadian parliament. This beautiful language has a long history and is spoken by about 50 million people. This is the first time Kannada is spoken in any parliament in the world outside of India," Arya tweeted with a minute-long video of his speech in Kannada.

His speech received a standing ovation from some of his Parliament colleagues.

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"Respected Speaker, I’m happy to have an opportunity to speak in Kannada in Canada’s Parliament. It is a proud moment for five crore Kannadigas that a man born in Sira Taluk’s Dwaralu village in Tumkur (Tumakuru) District in the Indian state of Karnataka has been elected as a Member of Parliament in Canada and has spoken in Kannada," he said in his Kannada speech.

Noting that Canada's Kannadigas in 2018 had celebrated Kannada 'Rajyotsava' in Canada's Parliament, he said,?

"I want to end my statement with (a) a few words of the song written by RashtraKavi Kuvempu and sung by Natasaarvabhowma Dr. Rajkumar-Elladaru Iru Enthadaru Iru, Endendigu Nee Kannadavaagiru (Wherever you stay, however you are, always be a Kannadiga). Thank You, Speaker."

Chandra Arya hails from the Tumkur district, about 70 kilometers from Karnataka capital Bengaluru.?He was elected to the parliament as a Liberal party candidate in the 2019 general election.?

?After finishing his master's degree in Business Administration from Dharwad in Karnataka, he used to work in the high-technology sector.

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