Three prominent elected representatives of Ahilyanagar — state legislative council chairman and MLC Ram Shinde, Ahilyanagar NCP (SP) MP Nilesh Lanke and Akole NCP MLA Kiran Lahamate — have filed their nominations for the forthcoming elections for the 21-member board of directors of the cash-rich Ahilyanagar District Central Cooperative (ADCC) Bank.
Thorat chaired a meeting of some of the prominent politicians of the district, including MLAs and MLCs, recently where it was decided that the elections should be avoided and consensus candidates be nominated in the bank’s board of directors. The farmers are the members of the PACS. The ADDC Bank elections are not fought on party lines.
The election would take place on November 2 when one member of over 3,800 primary agriculture credit societies (PACS) cast their votes to elect the 21 board members.
The trio who filed nominations said that there was pressure on them from a large section of the bank’s voters.
