Bengaluru: Come October-end every year, there is one or other controversy surrounding the prestigious Rajyotsava Award, the second highest civilian honour of Karnataka after Karnataka Ratna, that will be given away by the CM on Kannada Rajyotsava Day (Nov. 1). Either there will be a row over award selection process or the undeserving getting the coveted award. This time, for a change, there is severe lobbying by the coalition partners (JD-S and Congress) over who should get the award and who is more loyal to the powers that be.
Hectic lobbying has begun from both the Congress and the JD(S) for their favourites to make it into the final list of awardees and attempts are being made to fix the ratio of 70:30 while preparing the list, following the Cabinet model that has 70 percent of Ministers from Congress and 30 percent of Ministers from JD(S), sources said.
