On June 10, he tweeted, “Girish Karnad will be remembered for his versatile acting across all mediums. Girish Karnad. "Our heartfelt condolences to the family of Shri Girish Karnad in this time of grief. Nobody can replace him during these difficult times: SiddaramaiahFormer Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah said that Girish Karnad's death has created a great vaccum in the intellectual space. "In his plays, Girish Karnad beautifully and seamlessly blended North and South, the folk and the classical, the demotic and the scholarly.

Source: The Hindu June 10, 2019 05:39 UTC