Noted Kannada Dalit poet and activist Siddalingaiah passed away on Friday, June 11, in Bengaluru’s Manipal Hospital. He was 67 years old.
Karnataka CM B.S. Yediyurappa expressed condolences on his demise o Twitter and said, "He narrated the pain of Dalits through his writings & awakened them...In his death, we've lost great writer with social concern, who strived for upliftment of the depressed classes"
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