Vidyavardhaka Sangha set for polls

An election without ‘Papu’ after nearly five decades

More-than-a-century-old Karnatak Vidyavardhaka Sangha, a representative body of Kannada and Kannadigas, based in Dharwad, is all set to choose a new managing committee with the election process scheduled to begin on November 12.

In the last five decades, this is the first time in the history of the organisation that elections will be held in the absence of veteran journalist and activist Patil Puttappa, who held the post for 48 years. Nonagenarian Puttappa was re-elected to the post during the previous election. The post became vacant after his demise in March 2020.