The cut-off time for the delegates nomination, which makes one a potential voter and a contestant ends today evening on Thursday, according to NCUI sources. The nominations received so far are much below the expectation, said the Chief Executive based on data available till Wednesday morning.
The nomination would pick up now as a majority of people file nominations on the last day, added a hopeful Chief Executive N Satyanarayan. “We would be able to give you a final figure by Thursday evening”, he stated.
Due to Covid, NCUI is also accepting nomination through email this time, unlike in the past when it used to be done either physically or through Indian Post. Soon after the list of those applied is available, the NCUI team would sit to calculate dues pending against the applicants.
Roughly, a week’s time is given to clear dues. The final list of the eligible delegates, after the payment of dues, would be published either on 31st October or on 1st November. There are several state co-op unions and even state markfeds where administrators, and not the elected heads are in office and they evince no interest in paying dues, NCUI sources add.
The final list of eligible voters would not cross the figure of 200, said an insider adding hastily to wait for Thursday evening to know for sure. According to an estimate more than Rs 2 crore is pending as membership subscription but NCUI expects to at least get half of this. People do not pay unless there is an election, quipped an insider.
Returning Officer Sunil Kumar, Additional MD of agricultural co-operative Nafed is likely to release the final list of delegates after November 1.
Meanwhile, Indian Cooperative has gathered that Sahakar Bharati is all set to field its own candidate in the most tough constituency of multi state co-op societies in this election. Pramod Kumar Singh of Uttarakhand was the last time winner.
It bears recall that NCUI has about 16 Board seats on which elections are supposed to take place. But the main contests revolve around four seats where there are too many voters as well as too many contestants.
The Multi state co-op societies is one such constituency. Others being Sugar, Labour and fisheries co-ops.