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M.R. Seetharam flagged the mobile
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M.R Seetharam helped the evicted families to settle in
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He helped set up the BBMP computer training centre in
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Karnataka Pradesh Congress (I) Sevadal in 1986. He was appointed as the Treasurer of Karnataka Pradesh Congress (I) from the year 1989 – 1992 and KPCC Sevadal from 1992 – 1996. He was elected as a member of
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M.R. Seetharam has worked towards preserving the parks and lung spaces in his constituency. He has also implemented the
Government's Self Employment Schemes like Antyodaya, Akshara Dasoha and Yeshaswini Co-operate Health Schemes.
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