Mysuru: Two professors of the University of Mysore who allegedly took part in the campaigning organised recently on behalf of the Congress party have landed in soup for violation of norms. Prof. B.P. Mahesh Chandra Guru of the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism and Prof. Aravind Malagathi of Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies (KIKS) of the University are the two serving faculty who have come under the radar of the Election Commission.
The two were among several other “intellectuals” who had taken part in a progressive thinkers’ gathering at Ramakrishnanagar Circle near the statue of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa to galvanise support for the Congress party. The event, organised by Karnataka Rajya Hindulida Vargagala Jagrutha Vedike and Pragathipara Sanghatanegala Okkuta, was also attended by former MLC ‘Mukhyamantri’ Chandru and Prof. K.S. Bhagawan who retired from the University several years ago.
