BENGALURU: The Karnataka Women Writers’ association has appealed to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to sanction a special grant of Rs 1 crore for its literary and cultural activities.
A delegation, led by the Karnataka Women Writers’ Association’s president H L Pushpa, met Chief Minister Siddaramaiah at his home office ‘Krishna’ and discussed many important issues and presented their demands.
The delegation appealed to the CM that, along with special grants, there should be more representation for women in academies and authorities. An appeal was also made to release the funds for ‘Nanna Kavithe-Nanna Song’ project.
Vasundhara Bhupathi, M S Ashadevi, B T Lalitha Nayak and many other writers were in the delegation. (ANI)