The former MLA from Kalghatgi and Rajyotsava Award winner Reverend P.J. Jacob passed away on Tuesday. He was 90.
He was the founder-president of Good News Welfare Society, which runs various educational institutions, from anganwadi to degree colleges.
He led several agitations for development of the backward taluk.
He used his good offices to get drinking water to villages, roads and other facilities to Dalit colonies and helped in efforts to set up vocational training colleges.