Rajyothsava Award to Rajendra Singh Babu, T.N. Sithram, Vaishali Kasaravalli, Rathnakar

Awards and accolades are given as a token of appreciation. But it's the other way round in Karnataka. These awards show the degree of your political influence! This year's Rajyotsava Awards further boost the coalition government's political number game! When deputy chief minister M.P. Prakash announced the list last evening (Oct 29), the list had touched 127 - 17 people more compared last year's 110. And don't be surprised if it grows further! Though the four winners from Kannada film industry deserved this honor, its not the same case with all. There were over 2000 recommendations from various political babus. To justify their stand, deputy CM said, "This is the Suvarna Karnataka year and hence, we have considered all districts and castes. Those selected for the award really deserve it."

Yes, producer-director S.V. Rajendra Singh Babu, actress Vaishali Kasaravalli, director-actor T.N. Sitaram and actor-director Ratnakar really deserve the Rajyotsava Award and we congratulate them on this occasion. Awards will be distributed on November 1 evening.