Mangalore : Union Committee of Bilwalla’s Association president M Sitaram said that All India Billawa Union is a single association representing Billawa Community, but from some years it has been ruled by a single man as his personal property.
Speaking at the press meet held at Pathmudi Saudha on March 28, Thursday, he said that Naveen Chandra Suvarna, president of India Billawa Union is being ruling the association from past 20 years as the president by being elected by his family and friends.
Sitaram also said that though there are around 4000 members in India Billawa Union, Mr Suvarna is not inviting or informing any members for the general members meeting. The office bearer meeting which was held on 11 March, 2013 at Kudroli Temple premises was not held according to the bylaw as ordered by the registrar. The meeting was only attended by 235 members. The office bearers conduct the meeting during the class hours of Sri Gokarnatheshwara College.
During the annual office bearers meeting held on 21 February 2012, Naveenchandra Suvarna called a meeting of authorized members of the union who staged a protest in this regard and assured to call the meeting within 3 months and correct the mistakes done by them, but he failed to fulfill his promise. Mr Suvarna had deployed the police force to stop the authorized members of the union to attend the meeting called on 11 March, 2013.
The union asked the authorized members of the union to participate in the meeting after showing the identity card of the members bearing their photograph provided by the union. Most of the members were not aware of this identity card since they had not received or even heard about it before. But M Sitaram, Ravi Shankar Mijar and B P Divakar were allowed to participate without identity card since the Suvarna had already decided to remove these from the union accusing them of interfering in Hostel work. Later they also published of removing from the membership, he said.
He also said that the Mr Suvarna is cheating the union and its members and violating the principles of Narayan Guru. Hence the authorized members who have been cheated by Mr Suvarna have formed the Union Committee of Bilwalla’s Association to fight again injustice and work for the welfare of Billawa community and society.
Office bearers like Eashwar Salian, Dinesh Anchan, Purushottham Poojary, Aithappa Poojary, Shridhar Kumar, Sureshchandra Kotian, Ravi Soorinje, Sudhakar Amin and others were present.