Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi

Udupi, Nov 7: Senior Congress leader and former taluk panchayat member from Hejamady, Narayana S Poojary, passed away in the early hours of Friday. He was 78.

He is survived by his wife, a son and two daughters.

Poojary served as president of the Satyanarayana Temple for several years and was a member of the Udupi taluk Land Tribunal in 1975. He actively fought for the rights of Chalageni farmers in the Kaup constituency and played a significant role in organising and strengthening the Congress party in the constituency during the 1970s.

He was closely associated with former Union ministers Oscar Fernandes and B Janardhana Poojary, as well as KPCC president B K Hariprasad. He also served as president of the Hejamady Rural Congress Committee.

KPCC president B K Hariprasad, former minister and KPCC Campaign Committee chairman Vinay Kumar Sorake, Coastal Development Authority chairman M A Gafur, Udupi District Congress president Kishan Hegde Kollybaylu, Kaup Block Congress Committee (South) president Y Sukumar, KPCC coordinator Abdul Aziz Hejamady and Hejamady Rural Congress president Prabodh Chandra Hejamady have expressed condolences over his demise.