Baghchi Bhai Patel, the Chairman of Kribhco is fighting a not so respectable war with Iffco to remain delegate in the cooperative giant Iffco. The fight turned out nasty when Iffco officials went to Baghci Bhia village to return Iffco’s share of Rs 10 lakh. Bagchi bhai with his supporters not only refused to accept the shares but his supporters even resorted to violence. Media representatives were thrashed and their cameras were confiscated. It was handed back only after the deletion of clippings.
The Iffco-Kribhco spat has its genesis in history. Recently the GBM of Iffco authorized the Chairman to identify and return the shares of those who are on the list of Kribhco. According to Dr G N Saxena, Director Cooperative Development in Iffco, Kribhco delegate list has no public availability and we have requested the Registrar office to provide us one. Meanwhile, we found out on our list one Bagchi Bhai Boda, mind it not Patel in the Lakdir garh in Tankara block in Gujarat. We sent our area marketing manager to return his shares of 10 lakh rupees but what happened there is known to every one, added Mr. Saxena.Mr Bagchi bhai made a scene in the village and his supporters resorted to violence.
A person who is chairman of Kribhco with the name of Bagchi Bhai Patel becomes Bagchi Bhai Boda in the list of Iffco. Indeed there are surprises galore in the world of Indian cooperatives!
Reacting sharply Mr. V K Thummar, a cooperator and Member of Parliament from Gujarat told Indian cooperative.com that Bagchi Bhai has brought the prestige of Gujarat down by his acts. Gujarat has always been the leader of cooperative movement in the country and enjoys unparallel prestige but Bagchi bhai has not only made a mess of himself but that of Gujarat’s prestige also, lamented Mr. Thummar.
Mr. Thummar also wondered how can Bagchi Bhai, Chairman of Kribhco sit idle and delegate all powers to the vice chairman. There is definitely some “deal” on which they owe an explanation to the members of society, added the MP.