<p>Criticising poll surveys, based on caste statistics, writer H L Keshavamurthy said, such surveys were strengthening the roots of casteism in the state.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Common man, belonging to a certain community, feels that if a person from his ‘community’ is elected leader, his standard of life will improve. But, such feelings are misplaced, he said.<br /><br />Pointing at Union minister Mallikarjuna Kharge’s statement that he need not be made chief minister based on his caste, he said leaders with such ideals are rare.<br /><br />Expressing satisfaction over the fact that the BJP-led government’s rule has ended, he said ‘darkness’ had eclipsed the state.<br /><br />Speaking at a memorial programme on writer and journalist P Lankesh, he stressed on the need to develop the ideals of ‘rationality’ and ‘humanism’ in the contemporary society.<br /><br />Quoting instances from the life of Lankesh, he said, he was responsible for creating a new generation of scholars and intellectuals.<br /><br />President of Samatha Vedike Meera Naik and publisher B N Sriram were present.<br /></p>
<p>Criticising poll surveys, based on caste statistics, writer H L Keshavamurthy said, such surveys were strengthening the roots of casteism in the state.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Common man, belonging to a certain community, feels that if a person from his ‘community’ is elected leader, his standard of life will improve. But, such feelings are misplaced, he said.<br /><br />Pointing at Union minister Mallikarjuna Kharge’s statement that he need not be made chief minister based on his caste, he said leaders with such ideals are rare.<br /><br />Expressing satisfaction over the fact that the BJP-led government’s rule has ended, he said ‘darkness’ had eclipsed the state.<br /><br />Speaking at a memorial programme on writer and journalist P Lankesh, he stressed on the need to develop the ideals of ‘rationality’ and ‘humanism’ in the contemporary society.<br /><br />Quoting instances from the life of Lankesh, he said, he was responsible for creating a new generation of scholars and intellectuals.<br /><br />President of Samatha Vedike Meera Naik and publisher B N Sriram were present.<br /></p>