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Former Chandgad MLA Rajesh Patil of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) was elected chairman of the Kolhapur District Cooperative Milk Producers' Union (Gokul), Maharashtra's largest dairy union, with 16 votes. The election followed a political controversy over the appointment of four government-nominated directors with voting rights, which the Bombay High Court allowed but directed to be kept in a separate ballot box. The Mahayuti alliance, which secured 16 votes, had previously appointed the directors to resolve a deadlock caused by 12 directors not attending meetings. The opposition, led by Congress MLC Satej Patil, had won 13 of the 25 seats in the previous election but lost the chairmanship due to the government-nominated directors.
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