<p> <br />Barring some of the office bearers, who also seemed to have come out of compulsion, there was absolutely no activity.<br /><br />K V Gupta, who received the Rajyotsava award later in the evening, Sa Ra Govindu, Basanth Kumar Patil, Dinesh Gandhi, K C N Chandru and B Saroja Devi were among a few present for the five minute ‘celebrations’ which was restricted to paying tribute to the Rajkumar statue.<br />Even the handful of people who made it to the event took strong objection to the Rajyotsava award being awarded to comedian Nagaraj Kote.<br /><br />Raising his voice at the Chamber, Patil quipped: “Who is he? Some comedian on television is receiving an award for cinema...”<br /><br />Echoing his views were the others including Gupta. They raised serious questions on the criteria to select people for the award.<br /></p>
<p> <br />Barring some of the office bearers, who also seemed to have come out of compulsion, there was absolutely no activity.<br /><br />K V Gupta, who received the Rajyotsava award later in the evening, Sa Ra Govindu, Basanth Kumar Patil, Dinesh Gandhi, K C N Chandru and B Saroja Devi were among a few present for the five minute ‘celebrations’ which was restricted to paying tribute to the Rajkumar statue.<br />Even the handful of people who made it to the event took strong objection to the Rajyotsava award being awarded to comedian Nagaraj Kote.<br /><br />Raising his voice at the Chamber, Patil quipped: “Who is he? Some comedian on television is receiving an award for cinema...”<br /><br />Echoing his views were the others including Gupta. They raised serious questions on the criteria to select people for the award.<br /></p>