Mysuru, Nov 25: The 83rd Akhila Bharatha Kannada Sahitya Sammelana, wherein senior writers and thinkers vociferously condemned the growing communalism and intolerance in India, has irked Bharatiya Janata Party.
BJP leader and Udupi Chikkamagaluru MP Shobha Karandlaje has portrayed the literary convention as the Congress party convention.
Meanwhile, the Mysuru police have upped the security at the convention venue at Maharaja College Grounds following a bomb threat letter.
The letter addressed to the office of Deputy Director of Public Instruction stated that Muslim literature and Muslim teachers have been neglected in the ongoing literary fest.
Sources added, an anonymous caller has warned the authorities to ignore the bomb threat letter at their own peril.
DDPI Manjula has forwarded the letter to Mysuru Police Commissioner Dr A Subhramanyeshwar Rao. The city police have enhanced the security at Sammelana venue.
The three-day literary fest, presided over by Chandrashekar Patil, will conclude on Sunday. Meanwhile, Muslims leaders in Mysuru has condemned the bomb threat and called it a communal conspiracy to defame Muslims.
Bengaluru, Feb 14: After the swearing-in of ten former JDS and Congress MLAs, political boundaries seem to have become more fluid, with little clarity on who is on whose side. When Honnali BJP MLA Renukacharya visited senior Congressman DK Shivakumar at the latter’s residence, many eyebrows were raised over the reason behind the meeting. There was speculation over why Renukacharya would be meeting a man who is, in all likelihood, slated to be the next KPCC president.
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This is a serious terror threat , government should find out who issued and take action.
We know cheddi are most famous in decieving the people.
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