Uncertainty clouds Sabar dairy and district bank elections

Uncertainty has emerged regarding the future leadership of both Sabar dairy and Sabarkantha District Central Co-operative Bank as the election process for the Chairman and Vice Chairman was suddenly postponed. According to a report by Sandesh, the official announcement to suspend these important elections was made just a few hours before the voting and the declaration of official results.

The reason given for this postponement was that the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, appointed as the election officer by the administration, had suddenly fallen ill and had gone on leave. However, even after the Diwali festival has passed, new dates for the elections have not yet been announced. This incident has heated up the power equations in the cooperative politics of North Gujarat and increased internal tensions.

With the elections postponed, state organisations and cooperative sector leaders have gained additional time to persuade dissatisfied groups. Due to this postponement, new equations are being formed in the cooperative politics of Sabarkantha and Arvalli districts. Efforts to take disgruntled directors to undisclosed locations or to prepare formulas for the distribution of new posts have also intensified.

Currently, approximately 3.25 lakh cattle rearers are associated with Sabar dairy. The eyes of lakhs of cattle rearers and farmers are now fixed on when the administration will appoint a new election officer and announce the new date.