Ahead of Republic Day, a group of senior writers, academicians, scientists and artists have written an open letter to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and all legislators expressing concern over the ‘deteriorating governance and the frequent violence against religious minorities’ in Karnataka.
The letter is signed by 34 individuals, including historians Ramachandra Guha and Prof. Janaki Nair; sociologists A. R. Vasavi and Prof. Satish Deshpande; scientists Prof. Sharadchandra Lele, Prof. Vinod Gaur and Prof. Vidyanand Nanjundiah; Kannada writers Vivek Shanbhag, Purushottam Bilimale and K. P. Suresha, and activist Bezwada Wilson.
