Udupi: For the development of the Bunts community during the forthcoming state budget, we will declare the Bunts Development Corporation, said Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

After inaugurating the World Bunts Convention 2023 organized by Federation of World Bunts Association held at Ajjarkad Grounds here on Saturday, October 28, C M Siddaramaiah said that Bunts never support human hatred. Bunts communities celebrate World human culture. Bunts community is spreading all over the world with entrepreneurship and jobs and in all ways they indulged in the business and employment. No doubt that Bunts community has special tradition and culture and even they contributed to Kannada history and tradition largely, he said.

Banta Samaj is a secular community, celebrating the human value of treating all with equal love. It is a matter of pride. The Bunts community will never support man hatred. He said that this is very commendable.

Dr A Sadanand Shetty, Dr M.N. Rajendra Kumar, K Prakash shetty, Chandrahasa k Shetty, Praveen Shetty Wakvady, Sathish Shetty Patla, Santhosh Shetty, Pune and Chirag Shtty were felicitated by the chief minister and guests on the dais.

Sri Sri Dr Vishwa Santhosh Bharati Swamiji of Bhargava Mahasamsthana Barkur, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly UT Khader, President, Federation of World Bunts Associations Aikala Harish Shetty, MLAs Ganesh Hukkeri, Yashpal Suvarna, Ashok Kumar Rai, Manjunath Bhandari, former Minister Ramanath Rai, special guests Kanyana Sadashiva Shetty, Tonse Anand Shetty, Shashirekha Anand Shetty, Many dignitaries of the Bunts community were present, including MRG Group’s K.Prakash Shetty, former legislative council Chairman K. Pratapachandra Shetty, Congress leader Ivan D’Souza, Abhay Chandra Jain, GA Bhava and others.

A huge tableau was organized which was participated from around the undivided Dakshina Kannada district.