Udupi: The educational Institutions, Religious and various organizations of Kallianpur and Mooduthonse areas citizens felicitated Pramod Madhwaraj District in charge Minister and Minister of Fisheries, Sports and Youth Empowerment on Sunday, 28th August, 2016.

Prior to the felicitation programme, Minister was warmly welcomed at Kallianpur Kemmannu Road junction to Adishakthi Sri Veerabadra Temple opposite of Goretti Hospital accompanied by local congress leaders as well as leaders of various organizations.

During the well planned programme of felicitation to Pramod Madhwaraj present on the dais were Very Rev Fr. Stany B. Lobo,Rector Milagres Cathedral, Dean of Kallianpur Deanery and Correspondent of Milagres Educational Institutions, Rev Fr. Anil Fernandes, Asst Parish Priest of Mount Rosary Church, Janardhan Thonse, Zilla Panchayat member and former President of UDDA, Jerry Vincent Dais, President of Udupi Builders Association and Vice President of Parish Pastoral council of Mount Rosary church, Maulana Adil of Nejar Mosque, Ramakrishna Bhat, chief priest of Adishakthi Sri Veerabadra Temple, Smt Pushpa Kotian, President of Kallianpur Grama Panchayat, Mrs Arati President of Uppoor Grama Panchayat, Fauziya Sadik, President of Kemmannu grama panchayat, Smt. Veronica Cornelio congress leader, Chandrakanth Naik Gopalpura Ward councilor of Udupi CMC and others were present.

Janardhan Thonse gave a brief key note address and welcomed the gathered. Rev Fr. Stany Lobo, mauana Adil, Ramkrishna Bhat and Jerry Vincent Dias spoke on Pramod Madhwaraj.

The programme was inaugurated with lighting the lamp by Rev Fr. Stany B. Lobo along with all guests on the dais.

In favor of people of Kallianpur and Mooduthonse, Pramod Madhwaraj was felicitated by Rev Fr, Stany B. Lobo along with all guests on the dais. Meanwhile Pramod Madhwaraj was felicitated by all educational schools and colleges, local organizations, panchayats, religious institutions and others with garlands, bouquet of flowers, mementos, and appreciation letters.

During his address Pramod Madhwaraj said that whatever you felicitated for me would have reached my heart. I would like you to tell that I had not done enough for the people which I have done little. This felicitation for me was grand and great. It is indeed to become a Minister in the state will be help from God. Obviously people are my God. If people didn’t vote me for the member of legislative assembly, I wouldn’t be a minister. I shall fulfill people’s wishes and their needs without any corruption and I shall do my work with honesty. He was thankful to the people of Kallianpur for the felicitation and love towards him.

Large number of people participated during the felicitation programme organized by Kallianpur Congress Committee members.