Mumbai: Dharmapal Devadiga re-elected as Prez of Akhila Bharata Tulu Okkoota
By Rons Bantwal
Bellevision Media Network
Mumbai, 03 May 2016: Dharmapal U Devadiga was re-elected as president of Akhila Bharata Tulu Okkoota, during the twenty-sixth annual general body meeting held at Kavoor, Mangaluru, on Sunday May 1.
Jayakar Shetty Indrali (honorary president), Nitte Sasidar Shetty (honorary general secretary), Karunakar Shetty Mulky (honorary chief treasurer), Dr Rajesh Alva Badiadka (vice president), P A Poojary and Satish Salian Kasargod (joint secretaries), Kadri Navaneet Shetty, Purushottam Chendla, Kanti Shetty Bengaluru and Chandrahas Devadiga Moodbidri (organizing secretaries), Divakar Shetty Sangli, Vijayakumar Jogi Kulshekar, Srinivas Makunde, Damodar Nisarga, Bhaskar Shetty Sakleshpur, Vijayalaxmi B Shetty Mangaluru (Committee members).
The veterans Adyar Mahabala Shetty and A C Bhandary, exiting honorary general secretary S Ratnakumar, M S Shetty, Pradeep Alva, Leeladar Karkera and others were present.
Dharmapal welcomed the gathering. Nitte Sasidar Shetty proposed vote of thanks.
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belle chandrashekhara shetty, belle/bangalore | Tue, May-3-2016, 1:09 |
ABTO has more responsibility on its shoulders than mere conducting annual meetings. It should make sound from village and taluk level in every district in enriching tuluva culture and language. Except in the film field no remarkable achievement is made. Our representatives should open tulu tongues in vidhana soudha which is one of the pancha dravidan languages. It is unfortunate that we tuluvas are not able to have one Tulu Bhavan anywhere in the state though we had influencial ministers including Chief minister and KPCC president from tuluva blood and Tanka. |