Overview

• The race features Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s Nilkanteshwar panel pitted against uncle Sharad Pawar’s Baliraja Sahakar Bachav group and Ranjan Taware’s Sahakar Bachav panel in a three-way contest.
• Some 19,600 cooperative members will vote on June 22 to elect 21 directors, with results due on June 24 for the Malegaon mill’s five-year board.
• Ajit Pawar has entered the election after more than four decades and has vowed to assume the chairperson role if his panel prevails.
• Rival panels have lodged complaints accusing Ajit Pawar’s PDCC Bank of remaining open late to prepare cash packets and manipulate voter lists.
• Supriya Sule has urged appointment of a special investigation team to probe the bank allegations ahead of polling.