Mangalore: B Nagaraj Shetty Offered Post of State JD(S) Vice-president
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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (PS)
Mangalore, Oct 15: B Nagaraj Shetty who joined JD(S) recently, has been offered the post of state vice-president and the party’s official intimation letter in this regard was handed over to him by senior leader of the party Amarnath Shetty.
Addressing a press conference here on Monday October 15, M B Sadashiva, JD(S) district president said that recently joined B Nagaraj Shetty has started a current and with his admission into the party, many party workers have been actively taking part in strengthening the party at the grassroot level.
"Hence state president of JD(S) H D Kumarswamy has sent a letter offering Nagaraj Shetty the post of state vice-president of the party. This was not demanded by Shetty, but was given as an honour to him to guide the party," he said.
He also said that there will be a party programme on October 29 to be held at Town Hall wherein various leaders will be joining JD(S).
Various cells in the party will be dissolved and reunited again, a high-level committee has been formed to reorganize the party cells, he said. "Very soon the district committee of the party will also be re-constructed. This decision has been taken by the state committee," he said.
Speaking on the occasion B Nagaraj Shetty reiterated that he would not contest in the elections and he did not demand any post in the party too. "It was a surprise for me when I was offered the post of the state vice-president," he said and added, "Though I had promised that I would not demand any post in the party, I must accept the offer made by the state committee of the party."
He said that he would continue to work towards strengthening the party and called upon the party workers to work in unison.
Chaos
Even as M B Sadashiva went on to announce that the state committee had decided to dissolve various cells of the district unit of the party, D M Aslam, president, district minority cell of JD(S) interrupting the press conference alleged that people who are not active in the party activities are given priority in the committee to form and reconstruct the cells.
"This is a self proclaimed committee and the district president M B Sadashiva should resign", he demanded.