Overview
- Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced at Vidhana Soudha that writer and activist Banu Mushtaq will open this year's Mysuru Dasara.
- The festival will run for 11 days from September 22, with Vijaya Dashami on October 2.
- Siddaramaiah said he has spoken to Mushtaq and that the Mysuru district administration will extend a formal invitation with full honours.
- The Defence Minister has permitted an air show for the festivities, and the Chief Minister has invited Rajnath Singh to attend.
- Mushtaq, from Hassan, is an International Booker Prize winner for Heart Lamp, and Siddaramaiah plans to join Rahul Gandhi’s Voter Adhikar Yatra in Bihar on August 29 for one day.