With no preparations underway yet, the 86th Akhila Bharatiya Kannada Sahitya Sammelana scheduled to be held on November 11-13 in Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s home district Haveri, will have to be postponed, said Mahesh Joshi, president, Kannada Sahitya Parishat.
This comes days after Mr. Bommai, when quizzed about the lack of preparations during his visit to Haveri, brushed aside concerns and said the sahitya sammelana will be held in a grand way as per the schedule. “Every time they say there is not enough time. But every time we hold the sammelana,” he told mediapersons. Earlier Haveri district in charge Minister A. Shivaram Hebbar had voiced concerns over the lack of preparations.
