Bengaluru, Aug. 28 -- Senior Muslim leader Shafi Saadi today cautioned the Karnataka government against projecting the invitation to writer Banu Mushtaq to inaugurate the Mysuru Dasara festival as a solution to the community's concerns, even as he strongly defended her credentials as a secular writer and cultural voice.
Amid the growing row, Saadi said symbolic gestures like festival inaugurations cannot substitute for concrete policy measures. "Muslims face many challenges - from education and employment to access to welfare schemes. Instead of addressing these, the government is exaggerating the significance of inviting one writer and presenting it as if the entire community has been uplifted. This is not correct," he told reporters.
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