Mangaluru: Senior journalist Jagannath Shetty Bala was unanimously elected as the president of Dakshina Kannada Working Journalists’ Union (DKWJU). He was replaced by P.B Harish Rai.

Television reporter Srinivas Nayak has been elected the chief secretary.

The following have been elected unopposed in the elections held for new committee:

President – Jagannath Shetty Bala

Vice-presidents – Sukesh Kumar, Sudhakar Yermal, Wilfred D’Souza

Chief Secretary – Srinivas Nayak

Secretary – Venkatesh Bantwal

Treasurer – Ibrahim Adkastala

Executive committee members:

B Ravindra Shetty

Ramakrishna R

Kiran U Sirsikar

Hilary Crasta

Venu Vinod K S

Ansar Inoli

Agnel Rodrigues

Suresh D Palli

Naresh Kumar Sasihitlu

Narendra Kerekadu

Jitendra Kundeshwar

Sharath Shetty

R A Lohani