Huge turnout in Amul Dairy election

Vadodara/ Anand: Elections for the new board of the Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers Union Limited popularly known as Amul Dairy witnessed 99.71% voter turnout on Saturday even as social distancing norms went for a complete toss.
The day witnessed some anxious moments when a 74-year-old voter registered in the Petlad block reached in an ambulance. Sources said that the elderly changed the schedule of his planned operation to come for voting.
A total of 1,046 out of 1,049 representatives of village level milk societies situated Anand, Kheda and Mahisagar districts voted for 11 seats of directors representing as many blocks. The dairy’s incumbent chairman Ramsinh Parmar and Ranjit Patel had got elected uncontested as no other candidate had filed nomination against them.
Both Anand and Matar blocks witnessed a keen contest. Anand block witnessed a direct poll battle between Anand’s Congress MLA Kanti Sodha Parmar and BJP’s Umreth MLA Govind Parmar. For Matar block, BJP MLA Kesrisinh Solanki and Sanjay Patel, who as Congress candidate had contested assembly polls against him were in fray. Dhiru Chavda, chairman of the Kheda District Co-operative Bank, who is currently representing this block, is also in fray.