The article discusses how the Padma Bhushan award was given to a Kannada author, S.L. Bhyrappa, who has been critical of the current Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. Vishwanath, the leader of the BJP's Maharashtra Legislature Committee, said that Bhyrappa's award was given to him because of his writing, not because of Modi, and that this lowered the dignity of the award. Vishwanath also congratulated other awardees, including Infosys Foundation Chief Sudha Murty and others. The MLCC endorsed the demand for naming the Mysurubengaluru expressway after Wadiyar VI, the last Wadiyar of Mysuru.
