Former Minister Amarnath Shetty (80) Passes Away
Mangaluru: Former minister and senior JD(S) leader Amarnath Shetty from Moodbidri passed away at A J Hospital here on January 27. He was 80.
Amarnath Shetty 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.
In 1983 he contested from the JD(S) and was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Moodbidri constituency for the first time. He was again re-elected to the assembly for the same constituency in 1987 and 1994.
During his term as a legislator, he served as the Minister of Tourism and Religious Endowment in the Karnataka Government.