Satej Patil names the four government-appointed Gokul directors, says one is from Sangli

The state government has issued an ordinance to appoint four directors on Gokul. In protest, a large rally was held in Kolhapur under the leadership of MLA Satej Patil. Addressing the rally, Patil read out the names of all four directors appointed by the government.

Patil said the state government issued the ordinance the day before yesterday and the Dairy Development Department issued the GR last night. According to him, the GR has not been uploaded so far. He said, "Our people are checking the website every five minutes, but the GR with the names has still not been uploaded. We too were in power and some officers are known to us. They are the ones who gave me the names of these four members."

According to Patil, the first name is Shivaji Dinkar Adnaik of Yevlus in Panhala, who was a DO at KDC Bank. The second is gynaecologist Dr Pravinchandra Hendre. Of him, Patil said, "I don't know how many buffaloes he has." As the third name, he listed Krushnat Dnyandev Patil of Kagal. He described the fourth name as the most important: Prashant Patole has been taken as a co-opted member. Patil claimed that Patole is from Sangli.

Patil said it is unfortunate that the state government could not find a single expert in Kolhapur. He claimed that appointing a man from Sangli is the beginning of tying Gokul to Amul.

He said, "In Kolhapur, they could not do justice to the Mahayuti leaders. They could not bring Mahayuti people onto Gokul. They did not do justice to the Shinde faction either. Ashok Pharate did not get justice. A man from Sangli has come to Gokul as an expert director. I have read out these names deliberately, because you should know who has been taken. Could not one qualified person be found in this district? Why was a fourth man taken from outside? There is no greater misfortune than that you cannot find a single man in Kolhapur."

Patil targeted Hasan Mushrif and Chandrakant Patil. He said the decision to appoint four directors was made because of these two. In his words, "This sin belongs to these two. It is the conspiracy of both. It was their conspiracy to destroy the cooperative sector and to destroy democracy."

Referring to the election, Patil said he ran around day and night to get his people elected. He asked, "What was my fault in this? Should I not fight to get my own people elected?" According to him, he received calls from the other side saying they wanted votes and asking him to give names. Patil said he replied that 25 people were his and they should vote for them. He said, "You asked only for single votes. You were not honest to your own panel."