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Rahul Gandhi Backs Patil In Gokul Row

Rahul Gandhi Backs Patil In Gokul Row

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Rahul Gandhi has backed Patil in the ongoing Gokul row, criticizing the Maharashtra government’s decision to appoint five directors to Gokul Dairy after a Congress‑backed panel won the recent election. The state government defended the appointments, saying that placing four voting directors and one government representative on the board of the Gokul Cooperative Milk Federation was necessary to break a deadlock over the chairman election and to avert fresh elections.

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Rahul Gandhi criticises Maharashtra government's move to appoint five directors to Gokul Dairy after the Congress-backed panel won the recent election.

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Rahul Gandhi Backs Patil In Gokul Row

Rahul Gandhi criticises Maharashtra government's move to appoint five directors to Gokul Dairy after the Congress-backed panel won the recent election.

The New Indian Express Center Express Publications (Madurai) Ltd.

Maharashtra govt defends Gokul board appointments, says move necessary to avert fresh elections

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government on Thursday strongly defended its decision to appoint four voting directors and one government representative to the board of the Gokul Cooperative Milk Federation, maintaining that the move was necessary to break the deadlock over the election of the chairman and…

The Economic Times Center-Right Bennett, Coleman & Co.

Maharashtra clears move to appoint directors in big cooperatives, Opposition cries foul over Gokul

The Maharashtra government has approved a proposal allowing it to appoint five directors to cooperatives with annual turnover exceeding Rs 500 crore, including Gokul Dairy. The move has triggered Opposition protests, with Congress alleging an attempt to override the mandate of elected board members…

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