#Gokul

Former NCP MLA Rajesh Patil elected Gokul chairman. He defeated Congress MLC Satej Patil-led panel’s candidate in a contest that followed a legal battle over nominated directors’ voting rights.

The ruling Mahayuti alliance has agreed on a one-year term for Rajesh Patil as chairman of Kolhapur District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union (Gokul).

Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis says decision to nominate five directors taken after discussion with Sena, NCP

Ravindra Dhangekar, a leader of the Shiv Sena led by Eknath Shinde, said the verdict of Gokul dairy’s farmer-members should be honoured.

With an annual turnover of nearly Rs 4,000 crore and a vast network of milk producers, Maharashtra’s largest dairy, Gokul, is a major political and economic institution in western Maharashtra.