Incumbents whose re-election looks difficult are Mudit Verma and Ashok Dabas. While the former’s constituency has most voters spread thinly across the country, so is the case of the latter. Besides, a large number of voters are themselves claimants from each constituency for a berth in the Governing Council, making the job tougher for both of them.
Of the many candidates the ones giving challenging times to Mudit Verma are Pramod Kumar Singh, IFFCO Director and Chairman of the Uttrakhand Cooperative Union as well as Ramesh Bung, Chairman of the Mahesh AP Bank from Andhra Pradesh.
Earlier, Sunil Kumar Singh, Chairman of Biscomaun was also in the race but he has decided not to fight. He has reportedly chosen not to enter the fray on the advice of Chandra Pal Singh who favours a consensus.
“I have tried my level best to teach them the virtue of consensus politics in cooperatives. But if they do not listen, they are welcome to battle it out ”, Chandra Pal told this correspondent.
Indian Cooperative has learnt that Pramod Kumar Singh, as of now, is going pretty strong as he has the support of Chandra Pal and Bijender Singh-the duo who have a formidable following among the voters. Mudit Verma close to Chandra Pal till recently has reportedly fallen from grace with him.
Ramesh Bung, though a spirited individual is comparatively new to Delhi’s cooperative politics and he may not be able to pull it off this time, said a veteran cooperator on anonymity to the Indian Cooperative.
Ashok Dabas also may find it difficult to make it as well. He began making uncharitable remarks soon after the announcement of V P Singh as the election officer. He is seen as a loudmouth who has offended several outgoing members of the Governing Council. They all privately wish to get rid of him. Besides, his constituency is too vast to give anyone confidence in winning the election , especially since the voters never say no to anyone in cooperative elections.