Karkala : State Minister for Energy, Kannada and Culture Sunil Kumar has assured to strive to ensure Tulu language its due status. The minister’s statement came in the backdrop of the longstanding demand for inclusion of Tulu in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.

Sunil Kumar who represents Karkala Assembly constituency also said as a minister he would try to live upto the expectations of the people by sincerely discharging his duties and responsibilities.