BJP internal issues resurface in Vadodara District Cooperative Union election

Updated: Oct 5th, 2024


The elections for the president and vice-president of Vadodara District Cooperative Union were postpone on September 19 after the union was unable to reach a consensus.

The BJP’s mandate approved Mukesh Patel from Chhotaudepur and Chandrakant Patel from Padra as president and vice-president.

However, opposing this mandate, an election was organised at Vadodara’s Sahkari Bhavan in Dandiya Bazaar where Pravin Patel and Kaushik Patel put their names as candidates.

During the election, out of the 19 directors, 13 voted against the BJP’s mandate, resulting in Pravin being elected as president and Kaushik as vice president. The two contenders of BJP only get six votes.

Moreover, Atul Patel, former chairman of Baroda Central Co-Operative Bank, was elected as a director of the state cooperative union, along with minister Niyo Patel and assistant minister Ritesh Patel, who were also elected uncontested.

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