Mangaluru, Feb 23: The election would be held for management committee of the Dakshina Kannada District Red Cross unit on Feb 24. Total 16 candidates are in the fray, ten seats of the unit.

Speaking to reporters on Saturday, current president CA Shantaram Shetty said that in the last three years, the management committee led by him has taken up various works and he expressed his confidence that his team would contest again in the election.

His team has the members like Nitte University vice chancellor Dr B Sathish Kumar Bhandari, industrialist Yujin Rent, Panambur Beach and Tourism Development Project CEO Yathish Baikampady, businessman B Nityananda Shetty, Rtd bank officer and businessman Archibald Minjus, journalist B Ravindra Shetty, doctor UV Shenoy, lecturer Sacheth Suvarna and Rtd bank officer Ravindranath K were there, he said and appealed the members to elect them again to serve the society for three more years.

Out of 16 members, ten members have to be elected and each member has the right to vote ten candidates, he said.

Archibald Minjus, Nityananda Shetty, Yathish Baikampady, Ravindranath K were present at the press meet.

Polling Place

The voting would be held at the Deputy commissioner's office building on Feb 24 from 8 am to 5 pm. The members could produce Red Cross identity cards or Aadhar card, Passport, Driving licence or any other identity proofs to vote. Ten candidates who will get maximum votes would be selected for the management committee. Vote Counting would be held on Feb 25 and on the same day the result would be announced.

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