Karnataka- Bangalore: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that renowned Kannada writer and literary critic Prof Chandrashekar Patil's funeral rites would be conducted with full police honours.

"Our beloved 'Champa' has passed away. His writings were razor-sharp and full of autonomous thought. Through his analytical exposition of the difficulties, he used to hold a mirror up to the system. His final rites would be conducted with full police honours, "Bommai said.

Champa was the head of the All India Kannada Sahitya Parishat and received the Rajyotsava award, Bommai said., He also mentioned that the writer had a close relationship with his family.

"He was a close friend of my father's. Champa, my guide, is no longer with us. The literary world has suffered a significant loss." Basavaraj Bommai, conveyed his sympathies for Patil's passing. He's a revolutionary litterateur, to put it that way. He has made a significant contribution to Kannada literature. Throughout, he campaigned for the supremacy of the land's language "Bommai said.

Prof Chandrashekar Patil died on Sunday at a private hospital in Bengaluru owing to age-related ailments.

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