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JD(S) leader K Amarnath Shetty passes away at 80

He joined the Janata Party in 1977 and was a legislator from the Moodbidri Assembly Constituency for three terms.

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JD(S) leader K Amarnath Shetty passes away at 80

Former minister and senior JD(S) leader K Amarnath Shetty passed away on the early hours of Monday January 27, at the AJ Hospital and Research Institute in Mangaluru.

Shetty, a trustee of Alva’s Education Foundation (AEF), had joined politics in 1965 and went on to become the President of Paladka Panchayat in Karkala Taluk. He was the Chairman of Moodbidri Town Panchayat, President of Taluk Marketing Society, Karkala, Co-operative Service Bank and District Janata Party of Dakshina Kannada.

He was elected from Moodbidri assembly constituency thrice in 1983, 1987 and 1994. He was tourism and muzrai minister during the JD(S) regime.

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