Responding to the invitation by Siddaramaiah, a good number of Kannada writers and thinkers were present at the swearing-in ceremony.
Those who made it included Prof G Venkatasubbaiah, Girish Karnad, S G Siddaramaiah, Chandrashekara Kambara, K Marulasiddaiah, Sa Shi Marulaiah, Ham Pa Nagarajaiah, Kamala Hampana, Ko Chennabasappa, C P Krishnakumar, Kalegowda Nagawara, Aravinda Malagatti and K S Bhagwan.
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