Mangalore, October 3: K Koragappa Nayak was elected President of Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat unopposed after the formal election proccedings on Wednesday.
M V Jayanthi, Mysore Regional Commissioner and Returning Officer, conducted the proceedings. Satish Kampa proposed Mr. Nayak's name for the President's post while Keshava Gowda proposed the name of Ritesh Shetty for the post of Vice President. As theirs were the only nominations to be filed, Mr. Nayak and Mr. Shetty were elected President and Vice President unopposed respectively.
Addressing the gathering after being elected President, Mr. Nayak said that his predecessor Shailaja Bhat along with former Vice President Dhanalaxmi Janaradhan had raised the performance bar of the Zilla Panchayat and that he would follow their footsteps in taking the district ZP forward. Mr. Nayak sought cooperation from all the members and officials of the Zilla Panchayat in ensuring smooth running of the Panchayat and implementation of reforms.
Mr. Shetty also said that the previous term was an ideal term for the Panchayat and that he will try to work with the same enthusiasm with which his predecessor worked. He will put his best effort in working for the betterment of the people of the district, he assured.
Ms.Bhat and Ms. Janardhan also congratulated the newly elected President and Vice President, and advised them to bring more laurels and awards to the Panchayat.
M S Mohammed of the opposition, also congratulated the newly elected President and Vice President and said that as opposition members too, they will extend cooperation to them.
Nalin Kumar Kateel, MP, Monappa Bhandary, MLC, Padmanabha Kottary, District BJP President, Dr. K N Vijayprakash, CEO, DK Zilla Panchayat, were present among others.
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