Senior JD(S) leader Amarnath Shetty passes away in Mangaluru
Mangaluru, Jan 27: The former state minister and senior Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS) leader Amarnath Shetty passed away in Mangaluru, Karnataka on Monday at A J Hospital and Research Institute. He died at the age of 80 and survived by his wife and two daughters.
Reportedly, Shetty had been admitted to the hospital a fortnight ago.
He joined politics in 1965 and went on to become the President of Paladka Panchayath in Karkala Taluk.
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In 1983 he was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Moodbidri constituency from the first time and re-elected to the assembly of the same constituency for two more terms in 1987 and 1994.
Shetty was the Minister for Labour. For a brief time, he was with Ramakrishna Hegde's Navanirmana Vedike before joining the JDS.
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He had active involvement in the programmes of his party JD (S) and recently attended a meeting held by organisations opposed to the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).