13 directors elected Shashikant Patil Chuyekar as chairman of Gokul dairy
After the meeting was adjourned, the 13 directors present submitted the petition to initiate the process to elect the chairperson. “At 11.15am, the meeting was adjourned due to lack of quorum.
The petition is rejected, and the reasons for the same have been conveyed to them,” the dairy administration said in a statement.
Immediately after the adjournment, the 13 directors of the panel held a separate meeting and unanimously elected Shashikant Patil Chuyekar as chairperson. If the power is not transferred, we have a strategy that will be revealed subsequently,” Patil said.
“One of our directors informed the presiding officer about Supreme Court judgments according to which there is no requirement of quorum to elect the chairperson. However, the request was turned down, and the meeting was adjourned,” Satej Patil said. Speaking at Nandurbar, Mushrif said, “It was Satej Patil’s responsibility. Instead of fielding Navid from a reserved category, I should have fielded him from the general category,” Mushrif said. He said the friction within the alliance ultimately weakened its campaign and contributed to the loss. Satej Patil countered the claim by Mushrif and said that the rift in Mahayuti parties led to the defeat of Navid.
The director also requested her to consult legal experts and allow the nomination process and election. “The dairy is run by a board of administrators. We have written to the board to transfer the governing power to Chuyekar and end the administrative rule. The fallout quickly spread beyond Kolhapur. State Congress president Harshvardhan Sankpal, NCP (SP) MP Supriya Sule, Congress functionaries Yashomati Thakur and Vishwajeet Kadam, farmers’ leader Raju Shetti and others accused Mahayuti of undermining the electorate’s verdict by exploiting the quorum rule. Meanwhile, Mahayuti politician and minister Hasan Mushrif rejected the criticism and shifted the responsibility to Satej Patil. But now we have to take the responsibility to elect Shashikant Patil Chuyekar chairperson of the dairy in future. “I was deeply hurt. Satej Patil carried out a communal campaign against my son. I was also at fault. Mushrif also attributed Mahayuti panel’s defeat to prolonged infighting among alliance partners, particularly BJP, during the formation of the election panel.