Mangaluru Urban Development Authority's former Chairman M Sanjeev no more
Mangaluru: Former Chairman of Mangaluru Urban Development Authority and senior JD(S) leader M Sanjeev passed away on Monday afternoon at his residence at Kadri. He was 86.
He was close aide of the senior leadership of JD(S) and Janata Parivar.
Sanjeev right from his school days was involved in social service and had taken part in the freedom struggle during his school days. He was also an activist during the emergency posed by Indian government and was jailed several times under MISA laws. Later during land reform movement in India, Sanjeev helped the poor families to secure land under the bill.
He was also a close aide of former Karnataka CM D Ramakrishna Hegde and former Prime Minister Deve Gowda. Deve Gowda said that Sanjeev worked for people without any political motive or any desire for political power.
Sanjeev had contested the Lok Sabha Election on JD(S) ticket once and had lost the election by a small margin. He was then appointed as the Mangaluru Urban Development Authori Chairman. Several developmental projects were undertaken by the authority under his chairmanship.
According to the reports his funeral rites will carries out on Monday evening at 6.pm
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Priyanka Gandhi participates in various official, outreach programmes in Wayanad
Wayanad(Kerala) (PTI): Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday took part in various official and outreach programmes, including inaugurating a health laboratory, in her Lok Sabha constituency.
Vadra, who is in Kerala on a three-day visit, inaugurated a health laboratory in Malappuram that was set up by the Kalikavu Service Cooperative Bank.
Later in the day, she interacted with potters at Nilambur, held a meeting with the Kerala Nadvathul Mujahideen (KNM) state president T P Abdullah Koya Madani at Edavanna and met locals at Wayanad Churam (tunnel) bypass road at Chippilithode.
Kerala Nadvathul Mujahideen (KNM) is an Islamic reformist organisation.
The pottery workers, who presented Vadra with several gifts made by them, told the Congress MP about the difficulties faced by them in their profession.
She assured them that she will work on their issues.
Regarding the Wayanad Churam bypass road, the Congress MP told the people that she has already spoken to the Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari who has constituted a committee for a study to explore what is possible here and what is not.
She said that she will request for expediting the process.
