The controversy surrounding the venue of the 81st Akhil Bharat Kannada Sahitya Sammelan ended on Monday, with the central committee of Kannada Sahitya Parishat (KSP) withdrawing permission given to Haveri district to hold the annual convention.
Pundalik Halambi, president of KSP, told The Hindu that the venue for the next convention would be decided at a meeting to be held at Belur in Hassan shortly. The committee took the decision to change the venue in view of the differences between Haveri and Ranebennur taluks.
Following an appeal made by the Haveri district president of KSP to review the decision, a meeting was convened at Motebennur on Sunday, which also ended on a sour note. “In the meeting held here on Monday, it was decided to withdraw permission given to Haveri and finalise the venue in the next executive committee meeting,” Mr. Halambi said.
