Two political heavyweights, former NCP (SP) state president Jayant Patil and BJP minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, suffered setbacks in Maharashtra’s DCC bank elections held on November 2, media reports say.
Results for Sangli, Ahilyanagar, Satara and Yavatmal districts were declared on Tuesday.
In Sangli, BJP MLA Gopichand Padalkar defeated Vinod Pawar, backed by leaders aligned with Jayant Patil’s camp, in the Jat PACS constituency.
The results carry political significance as DCC banks control vital agricultural credit networks and wield considerable influence over PACS and rural cooperative politics.
