India, Nov. 9 -- State Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vice-president and former Ahilyanagar Lok Sabha member Sujay Vikhe Patil is likely to become the next chairman of the cash-rich Ahilyanagar District Central Cooperative (DCC) Bank, with Congress leaders reportedly backing his candidature despite the party winning the highest number of seats in the recent elections.

The bank's vice-chairman's post is likely to go to the Congress, with Ranjitsinh Deshmukh, who was elected unopposed, emerging as the frontrunner.

Sujay is the son of BJP cabinet minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil.

A senior Congress functionary said former state Congress president Balasaheb Thorat favoured Sujay for the chairman's post, citing his efforts to ensure an electo...