Political Life
U. R. Ananthamurthy made an unsuccessful run for the Lok Sabha in which he stated that his
| “ | prime ideological objective in opting to contest the elections was to fight the BJP. | ” |
A Janata Dal (Secular) leader and former Prime Minister of India H. D. Deve Gowda had made an offer for Murthy to contest for his party. However, after the Janata Dal (Secular) worked a power sharing agreement with the Bharatiya Janata Party Murthy said
| “ | I will never forgive my friends in the Janata Dal (Secular) for joining hands with the BJP. | ” |
Ananthamurthy also contested for the Rajya Sabha elections from state assembly in 2006.
In June 2007 Ananthamurthy declared that he will not take part in literary functions in future in the wake of strong criticism for his reaction on S.L. Bhyrappa’s controversial novel Aavarana.
The idea proposed by Ananthamurthy to rename ten cities in Karnataka including Bengaluru from their colonial forms to actual native forms was accepted by Government of Karnataka and the cities were renamed on the occasion of golden jubilee celebrations of formation of Karnataka.
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