Maharashtra’s BJP-led Mahayuti alliance secured victory in the Gokul Dairy chief election held recently
Gokul has a 25-member board of directors, for which elections were held last month. Mahayuti had won 12 posts and Samavichari 13. Neither had the quorum of 14 required for the chief’s election.
Congress LS leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi alleged “adulteration” of the mandate. Congress general secretary KC Venugopal denounced the outcome as “another form of vote and election chori”. KOLHAPUR: Maharashtra ’s governing BJP-led Mahayuti alliance snatched Tuesday a win over Congress-backed group Samavichari Aghadi in a high-stakes election for Kolhapur-based Gokul Dairy’s chief, riding on the support of four new govt nominees. Mahayuti govt had last week promulgated an ordinance to nominate five members to large cooperatives, four with voting rights. This drew flak from the opposition, which accused govt of attempting to grab Gokul, the state’s largest milk co-operative. A Samavichari plea in Bombay HC against the ordinance was rejected Monday. “We have nominated individuals with experience. If one is a gynaecologist, what’s wrong?
When the country’s leader of opposition feels the need to intervene in a milk union election, a gynaecologist is just a common citizen,” CM Devendra Fadnavis said on Tuesday.