MLA Laxmi Hebbalkar fails to get confidante become PLD Bank president

The Jarkiholi brothers had locked horns with Hebbalkar in the PLD Bank polls only because she was bent upon making Bapugouda as its chairman.

Published: 08th September 2018 03:03 AM  |   Last Updated: 08th September 2018 10:47 AM   |  A+A-

MLA Laxmi Hebbalkar

MLA Laxmi Hebbalkar posing with Mahadev Patil (centre) and Bapusaheb Jamadar who were elected as president and vice-president of PLD Bank, respectively, on Friday.

By Express News Service

BELAGAVI: In her successful attempt to grab the top posts of PLD Bank in Belagavi on Friday, Belagavi Rural MLA Laxmi Hebbalkar, however, failed to get her close confidante Bapugouda Patil become the bank’s president.

The Jarkiholi brothers had locked horns with Hebbalkar in the PLD Bank polls only because she was bent upon making Bapugouda as its chairman. He had reportedly worked against Jarkiholi brothers in the recent Assembly polls.  They decided to take on the Hebbalkar camp in the PLD Bank election after she began lobbying for Bapugouda.

READ HERE: Belagavi PLD Bank poll: ​A prestige battle beyond dynamics of mere control

At a joint Congress leaders’ meeting in Belagavi prior to the bank polls on Friday morning, Satish Jarkiholi opposed giving any position to Bapugouda and said that he does not mind any other director becoming the president. 

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