The recipient of the prestigious Tansen Samman is yet to be decided as jury for selecting exponents of Indian music for the award due to enforcement of election model code of conduct in Madhya Pradesh. The Tansen Samman Samaroh would be held from December 27 to 30, 2013.
The culture department of Madhya Pradesh organises this Samaroh under which an exponent of Indian music decided by the jury is honoured with Tansen Samman comprising a sum of Rs 2 lakh in cash and citation for his/her achievements. But this year the Jury could not be formed due to election code of conduct.
It is stated that the code of conduct was enforced from September 5, 2013. By that time the jury could not be formed. Though the departmental officer asked the Election Commission to permit the formation of jury, the poll panel refused to give permission. The code of conduct has come to an end on December 11.
According to sources the department concerned would accord two Sammans to artist as compensation. Director of Ustad Alluddin Kha Sangeet and Kala Academy Ganesh Bhalchandra Bagdare said that jury for Tansen Samman could not be formed due to election code of conduct so name could be decided for Tansen Samman.
Eminent artists including Prabha Atre, Sanjeev Abhayankar, Malik Bandhu, Juned Khan and Vasifuddin Dagar would participate in the Samorah.
A local organising committee has been formed consisting of ex-office president divisional commissioner KK Khare, Joint Director Public Relation Hl Choudhary and all the local editors of newspapers.
The function would be inaugurated on December 27 evening at Tansen Samadhi Sthal while it would be concluded on December 30, 2013 in two different music assemblies in Benhat, Barai.
The music lovers Pandit Prabhakar Gohadkar and Sanjay Talegaonkar said that Tansen Samman is given every year the officers of culture department should have done this work on time. There is still time when the process can be completed. It is wrong to not to give Tansen Samman this year.