Nominated directors, ordinance direct disregard for public & farmers' mandate: Satej Pail

Kolhapur, Nov 10 (UNI) Congress MLC Satej Patil today said that the process for election of chairman of Gokul Milk Producers' Federation and the Maharashtra government's intervention through government-nominated directors were a direct disregard of the public and farmers' mandate, wherein the Rajarshi Shahu Shetkari Samwichari Aghadi originally secured 13 votes as compared to Mahayuti's 12. While addressing a press conference here this evening after defeat of Samwichari Aghadi's candidate Shashikant Patil-Chyukar to Mahayuti candidate Rajesh Patil in Gokul's chairmanship election today by 13-16 votes, Patil accused senior leaders Chandrakant Patil and Hasan Mushrif of pressuring Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis…