Belthangadi: The annual general meeting of the Belthangadi Taluk Journalists Association was held at Vartabhavan here on Saturday. In the meeting, the process of selecting office bearers for the year 2023 was held and Jai Kannada weekly reporter Hrishikesh Dharmasthala was elected as president, Vijaya Karnataka reporter Arvinda Hebbar Mundaje as vice president, e sanje reporter Prasad Shetty Eninje as general secretary, Udayavani reporter Padmanabha Kulal Venur as secretary and news release reporter Tukaram as treasurer were elected unopposed.
RN Poovani, Srinivasa Tantri, Devi Prasad, BS Kulal, Manjunath Rai, Jarappa Pujari, Achusree Bangeru, Bhuvanesh Gerukatte, Chaitresh Ilanthila, Manohar Balanja, Ganesh Shirlalu, Pushparaja Shetty, Ashraf Ali Kunha, Dhankeerthi Ariga, Shibi as members. Dharmasthala, Deepaka Athawale will continue. Senior journalist RN Poovani conducted the selection process.
Prior to this, the annual meeting was held under the chairmanship of Ganesh Shirlalu and the annual report and accounts were presented and approved. Later, the handover of power took place. After discussing about the further activities, the decision to buy land and construct a building for the association was taken. The new President Secretary sought everyone’s cooperation..
