Mangalore, Nov 4: Bunts from across the twin districts came together at A B Shetty Convention Hall, Bunts Hostel, on Saturday November 2, in support of Shree Devi Education Trust Chairman Sadananda Shetty, one of the candidates for the post of president of the Buntara alias Nadavara Mathr Sangha.
The election is scheduled to be held on November 10. The other candidate who is contesting the poll is Ajith Kumar Malady.
Dr N Vinay Hegde, chairman, Nitte Education Trust, Dr M Shantharam Shetty, renowned surgeon and Bunts Foundation president, veteran literati Erya Laxminarayan Alva, music composer Gurukiran, Dr K R Shetty, politician A Amaranath Shetty, and Vijaynath Vittal Shetty were the other prominent personalities on the dais who campaigned for Sadananda Shetty.
Amaranath Shetty appreciated Sadananda Shetty’s work in organizing the historical International Bunts Convention in the year 2002.
Veteran literati Erya Laxminarayan Alva mentioned that the association has a history of more than 10 decades and the recent years have been bad in terms of progress. “A plan to construct an engineering college and a full-fledged marriage hall in the city has gone down the drain even though the community is financially stable,” he said.
Ikala Harish Shetty, Basroor Appanna Hegde, Dr M Ramgopal Shetty, Baramgare Sadanand Punja, Navaneeth Shetty Kadri among others were present.
Jayakara Shetty Idhrali, joint secretary welcomed and Kolladi Balakrishna Shetty proposed the vote of thanks. Bhaskar Rai Kukkuvalli and Vasanth Kumar Shetty compered the programme.
