Memorial in honour of Srinivas Prasad?
The HinduWill a memorial be built to honour former Minister and Dalit leader V. Srinivas Prasad, whose last rites were held in Mysuru on Tuesday? “We spoke for half an hour about the country’s politics,” the Chief Minister said while adding that he found Mr. Prasad’s memory and mental faculties were sound when he last met him. Praising Mr. Prasad’s willpower, Mr. Siddaramaiah said the departed leader underwent a kidney transplant in January 2013 and had managed for eleven years. When his attention was drawn to Mr. Prasad’s description of the meeting as a “happy occasion”, Mr. Siddaramaiah said he was also glad to have met him. Mr. Siddaramaiah also recalled Mr. Prasad’s frank and forthright views and said the departed leader was a follower of Dr. B.R.