DVS, Moily, Mangalore Bishop Condole Demise of Minister Dr V S Acharya
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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (RD)
Bangalore, Feb 14: Chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda has expressed heartfelt condolences on the demise of Dr V S Acharya, senior cabinet minister and state higher education minister here on Tuesday February 14 morning.
The CM in his condolence message stated that Dr Acharya was a mentor and inspiration for him. Dr Acharya was the youngest to be elected as town councilor, and the first in the entire country to ban the age-old practice of scavengers carrying human waste. He was imprisoned for 19 months during the 1975-77 emergency rule, and was elected as BJP MLA in 1983.
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He was elected as MLC in 1996, 2002 and 2006. He was instrumental in establishing six new Government Medical Colleges during his term as medical education minister during 2006-07.
He has efficiently managed home ministry, higher education, state endowment and other portfolios, the CM stated.
"Dr Acharya was a decent, honest and efficient politician throughout his life. His demise is an unbearable loss to state," he said.
Dr Veerappa Moily, union minister for corporate affairs
"I am shocked to hear the sad demise of Dr V S Acharya. I lost a great friend and a well-wisher in his sudden death. I was just sharing a platform yesterday, February 13, at Mangalore in Kamataka Exporters' Meet. I never imagined that death will come so suddenly and snatch him away from amongst us.
"He was an ideal president of Udupi Municipality and always maintained a public life with the highest integrity. He had been a very informed minister. He possessed exemplary public probity.
"Kamataka has lost a great Son in the death of Dr V S Acharya."
Bishop Dr Aloysius Paul D'Souza
Mangalore Bishop Dr Aloysius Paul D’Souza in his condolence message on the sudden demise of Dr V S Acharya stated that he was deeply saddened by the sudden of Dr Acharya who was a popular, ideal politician and a committed social activist. Dr Acharya was a role model for up-and-coming politicians, he said.
The bishop recalled the speech that was delivered by Dr Acharya during the grand finale of the diocesan post-centenary jubilee celebrations at Rosario Cathedral grounds on Saturday February 11, when Dr Acharya acknowledged the contributions of Christians in education, health and social welfare sphere in the undivided Dakshina Kannada district. Dr Acharya had said that as a medical student, he had stayed as a paying guest with a Christian family. Dr Acharya was known for simplicity and ideal living, the bishop added.
Bishop Dr Aloysius on behalf of the entire congregation, religious nuns and laities prayed for the repose of Dr Acharya's soul. "May God give strength to the bereaved family in order to bear the unbearable loss," he said in his message.