Mangalore, December 18: Well-known industrialist and philanthropist Vijaynath Vittal Shetty formally joined the Congress party along with several others at a Congress convention at Gurupur Kaikamba, near here recently.
With the motto, 'Join Congress, Bring Change” (Congressge Banni, Badalaavane Thanni), the convention was organised under the joint aegis of the District Congress Committee and the Gurupur Block Congress Committee.
Oscar Fernandes, Rajya Sabha MP and senior Congress leaders welcomed Mr Shetty to the Congress by handing over the Party flag to him.
Several others including Hussain, Abdul Jabbar, Chandrashekhar, Suresh Shetty, Usman and Abdul Majeed also joined the party on the occasion.
Addressing the party workers at the meeting, senior Congress leader B Janardhan Poojari exhorted party men to shun ego and work unitedly for the party. The workers are the real assets of the party, Poojari said. The Congress treats members of various communities as equals, he added.
District Congress President B Ramanatha Rai presided over the meeting. AICC Secretary Vinaykumar Sorake, Legislators Abhayachandra Jain, UT Khader, VS Ugrappa, former opposition leader in the Council, Tejaswini Gowda, former MP, Vijaykumar Shetty, former Suratkal MLA, Ivan D'Souza, KPCC Secretary, PV Mohan, AICC Member, Mamatha Gatti, Mahila Congress President, Mithun Rai, District Youth Congress President, Abdul Sattar, President of Mangalore North Block Youth Congress and RK Prithviraj, Gurupur Block Congress President were among others present on the occasion.
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