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Government of India

Ministry of Corporate Affairs

14-February-2012 16:14 IST

Union Minster for Corporate Affairs Dr. M. Veerappa Moily has expressed shock & grief on the sad demise of Dr. V.S. Acharya, Minister for Higher Education in Karnataka.

In a message sent to the bereaved family he has lost a great friend and a well-wisher in his sudden death as he was sharing a platform this yesterday at Mangalore in Karnataka Exports Meet yesterday itself. The minister said Shri Acharaya was an ideal President of Udupi Municipality and always maintained a public life with highest integrity. He has been a very informed Minister. He possessed exemplary public probity. He said thus Karnataka has lost a great Son in the death of Dr.V.S. Acharya.

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Official condolence: ministerial tribute emphasises the deceased's public probity and service as a significant loss to the state. Official condolence by the Union Minister for Corporate Affairs on the sudden death of a state Minister for Higher Education, conveyed to the bereaved family and praising the deceased's municipal leadership, informed ministerial conduct and exemplary public probity as a significant loss to the state.