Narendra Dhabolkar has a new successor

Mangalore: Avinash Patil has taken over the Pune-based social movement Andha Shraddha Nirmoolan Samithi after the death of Narendra Dabholkar.

Patil has been heading the student body ‘Chatra Bharati’ in Pune, which works in the field of scientific inquiry, rationalism and empowerment of students. Kranti Poddar, a senior leader of the Samithi, said that Narendra Dhabolkar had initiated the power of the youth into the Samithi from the Samithi’s early days.

DNA/ M Raghuram