Naveen R. D’Souza appointed KPCC Observer for Uttara Kannada
Mangaluru: Senior Congress leader and former Leader of the Opposition in the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC), Naveen R. D’Souza, has been appointed Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) Observer for Uttara Kannada district as part of the party’s ‘Sangathan Srijan Abhiyan-2’. He will oversee the appointment of Block Presidents, Block Office Bearers and DCC Office Bearers.
D’Souza was elected as a Congress corporator from Ward 38, Bendore, for four consecutive terms in the MCC—in 2002, 2007, 2013 and 2019. He subsequently served as Leader of the Opposition in the MCC in 2022 and also chaired the Social Justice, Education and Health Committee.
He served as KPCC Secretary from 2017 to 2019 and has handled several organisational and election-related responsibilities. These include serving as Assembly Coordinator and Observer during the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections, with responsibility for the Vasai constituency, and as an AICC State Observer for the 2026 Kerala Assembly elections, where he was assigned to Kollam district and the Kundara constituency.
D’Souza is currently involved in organisational activities in Dakshina Kannada, including serving as In-charge of BLO-2 and the ‘NREGA Bachao Sangram’ campaign.
His association with Uttara Kannada includes serving as publicity in-charge during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and as an observer for the Karwar-Ankola Assembly by-election.
As KPCC Observer, D’Souza will oversee the organisational exercise in Uttara Kannada under the ‘Sangathan Srijan Abhiyan-2’.
