<p>Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation — Asia’s largest milk cooperative and apex marketing body of 17 dairy unions of Gujarat that sells milk and milk products under brandname Amul — on Wednesday elected Jethabhai Patel as its chairman. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, the apex marketing body of 17 dairy unions in the state, on Wednesday re-elected Jethabhai Patel as its chairman.<br /><br />He was unanimously chosen at the election held in GCMMF headquarters at Anand and would hold the position at the Rs 21,000 crore cooperative for the next two and a half years. The chairmans of all the 17 district dairy unions in Gujarat who constitute the GCMMF board elect one of their own to the helm of the apex body. <br /><br /> Besides the chairmans, the board also consists of a cooperative registrar and GCMMF managing director. With 16 of the 17 dairy cooperatives under BJP control, the state government has a considerable say in the election of GCMMF’s chairman. Patel’s re-election came after reaching a compromise with chairman of Panchamrut Dairy Jethabhai Bharwad, who also wanted chairman’s position claiming that he had the support of Saurashtra unions. <br /><br />However, Bharwad faced opposition from three of the powerful unions one led by Jethabhai Patel, ex-GCMMF chief and Banas Dairy chairman Parthi Bhatol and Amul Dairy chairman and Congress leader Ramsinh Parmar.</p>
<p>Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation — Asia’s largest milk cooperative and apex marketing body of 17 dairy unions of Gujarat that sells milk and milk products under brandname Amul — on Wednesday elected Jethabhai Patel as its chairman. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, the apex marketing body of 17 dairy unions in the state, on Wednesday re-elected Jethabhai Patel as its chairman.<br /><br />He was unanimously chosen at the election held in GCMMF headquarters at Anand and would hold the position at the Rs 21,000 crore cooperative for the next two and a half years. The chairmans of all the 17 district dairy unions in Gujarat who constitute the GCMMF board elect one of their own to the helm of the apex body. <br /><br /> Besides the chairmans, the board also consists of a cooperative registrar and GCMMF managing director. With 16 of the 17 dairy cooperatives under BJP control, the state government has a considerable say in the election of GCMMF’s chairman. Patel’s re-election came after reaching a compromise with chairman of Panchamrut Dairy Jethabhai Bharwad, who also wanted chairman’s position claiming that he had the support of Saurashtra unions. <br /><br />However, Bharwad faced opposition from three of the powerful unions one led by Jethabhai Patel, ex-GCMMF chief and Banas Dairy chairman Parthi Bhatol and Amul Dairy chairman and Congress leader Ramsinh Parmar.</p>
