Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily visits Dubai : Meets Kannadiga leaders

Mangalore Today News Network

Dubai, July 10, 2013 : India’s Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas  M Veerappa Moily visited the  India Club, Dubai for a dinner meet  hosted by the  Dr Ram Buxani, Chairman of India Club and  MK Lokesh,  Indian Ambassador to UAE.  Moily  visited Dubai enroute India from Iraq where he had been on a business tour along with an Indian delegation.

 

 Bharat Chachara, General Manager of India Club, Dubai, welcomed the gathering which included a host of dignitaries and well known businessmen including Dr BR Shetty, Chairman of NMC Group and UAE Exchange, Herman Lewis of Radio Spice 105.4 FM, Sanjay Verma, Counsel General of India in Dubai, Sarvotham Shetty, President of Abu Dhabi Karnataka Sangha, Satish Poojary, President of Karnataka Sangha Sharjah, Harish Sherigar, President of Devadiga Sangha, Shodhan Prasad, Convener of Nama Tuluver UAE, Lokesh V. Puthran, President of Mogaveers UAE, Prakash Rao Payyar, President of Dhwani Prathistana and representatives of various organizations.

 Ram Buxani, Chairman of India Club introduced Veerappa Moily to the gathering. Later interacting with the participants, Moily said the Indian delegation  had been to Iraq and Khazakistan  in order to find ways to  meet the growing demand for petroleum in India and described the visit as fruitful.

On this occasion, a memorandum was submitted to Moily requesting him to prevail upon the Indian government to include Tulu in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.