Rangayana director draws flak for play allegedly mocking ex-CM, DKS

The president of the mysuru district congress committee, Vijay Kumar, lashed out at the director of the theatre, Addanda Cariappa, for using the theatre repertory as a platform to defame Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president D.K. Shivakumar and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. Vijay Kumar took exception with the play, Sambashivana Pralapa’, which he alleged depicted the congress leaders in a poor light. Cariappa said that members of various outfits had decided to gather to hold a demonstration to protest against the play on Saturday. Vijay Kumar accused Cariappa of turning the theatre into a BJP office. Officebearers of the Vokkaligara Sanga of Mysuru and Chamarajanagar districts also sought an apology from Cariappa for defaming the congress leaders. Sangha president C. Mariswamy said that using plays to target leaders personally was objectionable. Mariswamy warned Cariappa of the sangha activists laying siege to the theatre if he failed to tender an apology.