Upset with the Karnataka Government’s refusal to fulfil their demands, guest lecturers of government degree colleges have written to the President seeking permission for mercy killing. As many as six lecturers, representing the lecturers of Hassan district, displayed post cards written to the President at a media conference in Hassan on January 21.
Yathish Kabbal, president of Hassan district unit of guest lecturers’ coordination committee, said of 14,500 guest lecturers in Karnataka, 953 were from Hassan district. All guest lecturers across Karnataka had resolved to write to the President seeking permission for mercy killing.