Maha: State Ordinance over Gokul Dairy Directorship draws Opposition wrath; Congress' Patil vows legal battle

Mumbai, Nov 5 (UNI) Senior Congress leader and MLA Satej (Bunty) Patil launched a scathing attack on the ruling Mahayuti coalition, accusing the Maharashtra government of "murdering democracy" by promulgating an ordinance to grant voting rights to state-nominated directors in a bid to gain backdoor control of the Kolhapur District Cooperative Milk Producers' Union, widely known as 'Gokul Dairy'. Addressing a packed press conference in Mumbai following a state cabinet decision to appoint state nominees with voting powers to large cooperative bodies, Patil charged the government with deliberately manipulating cooperative laws after failing to secure a majority in the democratic…