Kolhapur, Oct. 13 -- Kolhapur Circuit Bench of Bombay High Court today declared the candidature of Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) MLC Gopichand Padalkar for Sangli District Central Cooperative Bank (SDCCB) as invalid.
Hearing on a petition challenging decision to validate his candidature from Jat 'A' society group, the Kolhapur Circuit Bench declared Padalkar's candidature as invalid.
Former MLAs Vikramsinh Sawant and Shinde had objected to the membership of Kunikonnur Sarva Sewa Cooperative Society and the experience of being a director in Nimbavade Rural Non-Agricultural Credit Society attached to Padalkar's candidature. They had claimed in the petition that as per the bye-laws of the bank, Padalkar neither had two years of membership of t...