Congress Leader Bondala Jagannath Shetty Dies in Accident
Puttur, 01 Aug 2012: In a shocking news, Bondala Jagannath Shetty, a Congress leader from Bantwal-Puttur region who had held the DK district Youth Congress president’s post from 2001 to 2009, died on the spot when his Fortuner SUV collided with a gas tanker near Panemangalore on Tuesday, July 31 at around 11 pm.
An ace politician in the making, Bondala was popular not only around Puttur taluk, but all over the DK district for his selfless nature and social service.
He contested the 2008 assembly elections and lost to Dr Mallika Prasad of BJP by about 1,500 votes.
In 1999, he became the general secretary of Karnataka Youth Congress committee, and general secretary of Karnataka state youth INTUC the same year. In 2000 he held the post of conveyor of KSRTC Employees Union (INTUC) Mangalore Division, and went on to become president of DK Youth Congress in 2001, a post he held till 2009.
38-year-old Shetty leaves behind a daughter, wife and a number of well-wishers.
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| harish poojari, shambooru | Fri, August-3-2012, 12:59 |
| we lost a good leader,and i will kill that driver who Accident my leader,,,it will clear says it is a pre planned murder? | |
| Musthafa Rahiman Nellyady, Puttur,Nellyady | Wed, August-1-2012, 5:28 |
| He was a good character person,good helping nature, but we lost in our pillar,,,,, | |
| Satish Rao M, Puttur//Pune | Tue, July-31-2012, 9:50 |
| Mey his soul rest in heaven | |
| sudha fernandes, bantwal/israel | Tue, July-31-2012, 2:03 |
| sad and shocking news,,huge loss to congres in D.K..may his soul rest in peace.... | |
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