A Congress riven by internal contradictions in Madhya Pradesh has raised a hope among cooperators that the process of arbitrary imposition of administrators in co-op bodies would come to an end.
Former Chairman of Madhya Pradesh State Cooperative Union Arun Singh Tomar says the way for BJP to form the government is almost clear in the state and the new govt led by BJP is shaping up. “the Congress government never entertained us but we hope things will change soon.”
‘We are hoping that the election of cooperatives will also be conducted as soon as BJP comes in power “, Tomar, who is said to be a relative of Union Agriculture Minister said.
Tomar further added that the congress government move to appoint its leaders as administrators in DCCBs will be stopped forthwith. Score of local cooperators of the state associated with the BJP are seeing this development 
as a game changer for the cooperative movement in the state.
The MP government crisis has also created a problem for State Cooperative Minister Govind Singh who is said to be in the camp of Digvijay Singh-Kamal Nath. It may be mentioned that IFFCO Board member Amit Pratap Singh is the son of the Madhya Pradesh Cooperation Minister Govind Singh.
Talking to Indian Cooperative several cooperators from MP said, “After taking charge the congress government began derailing the cooperative movement in the state. Firstly, they suspended boards of DCCBs of the state only for appointing their leaders in these banks, they asserted.
“Secondly, the Congress government failed to conduct the elections of cooperatives which have been due since the BJP regime. “Till now, the congress govt has not taken any initiative to conduct elections”, they rued. “Thirdly, Cooperative Minister of State Govind Singh also miserably failed to address the issues related to cooperatives in the state”, they charged.
The whole discussion about cooperatives started when Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday resigned
from the party and is said to be all set to join the BJP, taking 17 legislators with him.
The Congress has a wafer-thin majority in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly whose current effective strength is 228. If the resignations of the 17 MLAs are accepted, the strength of the Assembly will fall to 211. The magic number for retaining the majority then will be 106. The Congress has come into minority, claims BJP leaders.
Meanwhile, talking to Indian Cooperative correspondent Amit Pratap Singh, the son of Dr. Govind Singh said, “My father (Govind Singh, MLA from Lahar and Cooperative Minister of MP) is a hardcore congressman. He will not join BJP or any other party in near future”, he added.
Commenting on several leaders who resigned from Congress, IFFCO Director Amit Singh said, “if re-elections are held today, several of the rebel MLAs will lose their deposits. They won elections riding on a strong congress wave in Madhya Pradesh, he concluded.
