Kolhapur, Nov. 10 -- NCP leader and former MLA Rajesh Patil, a candidate of the ruling Mahayuti, on Tuesday won the highly controversial election to the post of chairman of Gokul Dairy by polling 16 out of 29 votes.
Patil secured 16 votes, said BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Dhananjay Mahadik.
His rival, Shashikant Chuyekar of the Rajarshi Shahu Shetkari Samvichari Aghadi, won 13 votes.
The Opposition has slammed the BJP-led Maharashtra govt for nominating four additional directors with voting rights after a panel backed by Congress MLC Satej Patil
won a narrow 13-12 majority in the last month's election to the Kolhapur District Cooperative Milk Producers Union, popularly known as Gokul Dairy.
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