Mangalore: BJP's Koragappa Naik New ZP President, Rithesh Shetty VP
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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (PS)
Mangalore, Oct 3: Koragappa Naik of Ujire constituency and Rithesh Shetty of Bajpe constituency have been unanimously elected as the president and vice-president of DK zilla panchayat. The elections for the the second term were held on Wednesday October 3.
Their term will last from October 8, 2012 to June 7, 2014.
Koragappa Naik
The nomination was received well before 11 am on Wednesday. The president's post was reserved for backward class 'B'.
Mysore division regional commissioner M V Jayanthi conducted the proceedings. However, as no contestant from the opposition Congress party was in fray, it was a cake walk for the winners.
Koragappa Naik, born in the year 1969 in Adkadakere of Kadirudyavara, is a bachelor. After completing his PU education in Beltangady Junior College, he was guided by Prabhakar Shenoy to join RSS. Hailing from a poor family, he made his living by distributing newspapers in his early days. He became a BJP activist in the year 1992 and continued to work with various organizations like Lamp Society, Mundaje Yuvaka Mandala, CA Bank, Parashurama temple Sanyasikatte and others.
Newly elected vice president Rithesh Shetty, a 1971 born is a BA graduate. He is the former president of Bajpe Navachethana Yuvaka Mandala and joint secretary of Porkody Shree Somanatheshwara temple Brahma Kalashothsava Samithi.
MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, BJP Leader Padmanabha Kottari, MLC Monappa Bhandary, Congress member in ZP M S Mohammed, BJP member Santhosh Kumar Rai, ZP outgoing president K T Shailaja Bhat, outgoing vice-president Dhanalaxmi Janardhan Gowda among others wished both the president and vice-president.
Kottari recalls Congress support to 'one-man show'
Interestingly, while greeting the elected representatives, BJP leader Padmanabha Kottari said that during 2000-2004, he was the lone BJP candidate in the zilla panchayat. "Congress members had extended great support to me at that time and the same should resume in the case of the new president and vice-president," he said.
His statement was welcomed by the Congress members with a round of applause.