Mahayuti politicians discuss seat sharing for Gokul election
Kolhapur : After several rounds of closed-door negotiations and bickering, Mahayuti functionaries in Kolhapur on Wednesday finalised a seat-sharing pact for the Oct 18 election to the Kolhapur District Cooperative Milk Producers Federation, popularly known as Gokul. The cooperative dairy, which has an annual turnover of around Rs 3,000 crore, elects 25 directors every five years. Minister Hasan Mushrif will announce the list of our 25 candidates on Thursday on social media,” Patil said.
Jansurajya Shakti Party has two seats. Announcing the formula after a meeting on Wednesday evening, BJP minister Chandrakant Patil said, “NCP is going to contest on nine seats, and BJP and Shiv Sena on seven seats each.
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One should take the tough call, try to convince the supporters to withdraw,” he said. Sources said he could seek to tap discontent among Mahayuti aspirants left out of the final panel to strengthen his challenge. NCP is expected to accommodate the front led by Shirol MLA Rajendra Patil Yadravkar from its quota. Having settled the arithmetic, Mahayuti now faces a tougher challenge: convincing a large number of ticket aspirants to withdraw. Several supporters have filed nominations hoping to find a place on the alliance panel. Mushrif acknowledged the difficult task ahead before heading into the nearly three-hour meeting with Mahayuti politicians at a Kolhapur hotel. “I have experienced a night before finalising candidates for last five decades. Download the TOI App.
Meanwhile, Congress MLC Satej Patil, who was expected to announce his panel against Mahayuti on Wednesday, deferred the announcement to Thursday afternoon.