Newskarnataka-Bangalore

Bangalore:  With Karnataka Rajyotsava celebration round the corner, lobbying has intensified for the coveted Rajyotsava Awards. The Government, on its part has formed a committee under the chairmanship of CM Siddaramaiah  to select the awardees. The committee includes  veteran litterateurs, intellectuals and theater artistes. It has been gathered that CM  Siddaramaiah has instructed officials and authorities not to heed to any lobbying for the awards.

The Committee comprises of Jnanpeeth awardee  Dr U. R. Ananthamurthy, veteran intellectual Dr. Marulasiddappa, Gulbarga-based scriptwriter K B Siddayya, Kannada and Culture Department former secretary Ka Tha Chikkanna, theater artiste D K Chowta, border region litterateur Ramakrishna Marate, veteran environmentalist and film director  Suresh Heblikar and  retired vice-chancellor Dr Bisalayya.

The deadline to accept nominations is over and scrutiny of the same has begun. The final list will be prepared after the meeting of advisory committee chaired by CM Siddaramaiah shortly.