Satej Patil announces Samvichari panel candidates for Gokul Dairy election
Kolhapur : Two coalition panels on Thursday announced 25 candidates each for elections in Kolhapur District Cooperative Milk Producers Federation, popularly known as Gokul Dairy. Satej Patil also announced the manifesto of Samvichari Aghadi, which will be taken to around 5,300 voters who are delegates of the primary milk societies. “We have decided to increase Gokul Dairy’s collection of milk from 20 lakh litres per day to 30 lakh litres per day.
On the other hand, Congress MLC Satej Patil-led Rajarshi Shahu Shetkari Samvichari Aghadi has announced prominent candidates such as Shashikant Patil Chuyekar, son of the founder of Gokul Dairy, Anandrao Patil Chuyekar, former MLA Raju Awale, former Kolhapur ZP vice-president Shashikant Khot and most of the candidates are associated with cooperative institutions.
Raju Shetti said CM Devendra Fadnavis ’s flagship Nagpur-Goa Shaktipeeth Expressway project will be one of the key issues over which the election for Gokul will be fought. Sugarcane crop would suffer, followed by the industries that depend on it,” said Shetti. In Mahayuti-led Chhatrapati Shahu Shetkari Vikas Aghadi, the prominent candidates are BJP’s Shoumika Mahadik, minister Hasan Mushrif’s son Navid Mushrif, former MLA Sujit Minchekar and Rajesh Patil. Most of the candidates have served as directors of Gokul Dairy in the past. The announcement of ‘Samvichari Aghadi’ was held in the presence of Patil, ex-MP Raju Shetti, Peasants and Workers Party leader Jayant Patil, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Vijay Devane and NCP(SP)’s VB Patil. “The highway would destroy the rural economy.