In a primary in 28 years, elections to the board of administrators of the high-profile Rajkot Nagrik Sahakari Financial institution might be held on Sunday. Seven polling cubicles have been arrange throughout Saurashtra, Surat and Mumbai for the elections.
As Rajkot’s largest co-operative financial institution witnesses one of the hotly contested elections to a board of 21 administrators, six candidates — together with Gujarat BJP treasurer Surendra Patel aka Surendra Kaka — have already been declared uncontested winners. Patel, who is predicated in Ahmedabad, is contesting elections to this financial institution whose chairpersons have been tall personalities similar to former chief minister Keshubhai Patel and former Karnataka governor Vajubhai Vala, for the primary time.
The elections to the Rajkot constituency is essentially the most hotly contested with 23 candidates submitting nominations for 13 seats. Polling cubicles have been arrange in Rajkot metropolis, Jetpur, Dhoraji, Morbi, Jasdan, Ahmedabad, Surat and Mumbai.
As per a notice from Rajkot district collector who’s the election officer for the election, that is the primary election to a multi-state financial institution underneath the Multistate Co-operative Society Act 2002 which was amended in 2023 to nominate a Co-operative Election Authority. The financial institution, with a deposit base of Rs 5,139 crore has seen stalwarts of the BJP and RSS as its patrons even because it expanded out of Saurashtra to open its first department in Ahmedabad in 1990 after which to Mumbai in 2002.
Rajkot District Collector Prabhav Joshi instructed The Indian Categorical Saturday that 23 candidates have filed nominations for the 13 seats of Rajkot constituency the place voting might be held for these seats. “Whereas polling might be held in all of the seven cubicles for the seats reserved for 2 girls candidates for which three nominations have been filed”, stated Joshi. The opposite candidates who’ve been elected uncontested are Navin Babarbhai Patel, Lalitbhai Dhirajlal Vora, Dipak Veljibhai Kakaraniya, Hasmukhbhai Ishwarlal Hindocha and Mangesh Shreerambhai Joshi.
Counting of votes might be performed on November 19 and outcomes on the board of administrators might be declared the next day. 4 nominations have been rejected by the election workplace of which two potential nominees Kalpak Maniar and Mihir Maniar moved Gujarat excessive courtroom, however their pleas have been rejected on grounds of maintainability lately.
