Cakewalk for GTD faction in MyMUL election

There are a total of 20 directors, including five nominated ones, in There are a total of 20 directors, including five nominated ones, in MyMUL

It was a cakewalk for the faction of Chamundeshwari MLA G T Devegowda of the JD(S) in the election of Mysore District Co-Operative Milk Producers’ Societies Union ((MyMUL), here, on Tuesday.

P M Prasanna, son of Periyapatna MLA K Mahadev, also of JD(S), was elected as the president of MyMUL. He was elected as director, with 14 others, on March 16.

Prasanna had identified himself with Devegowda faction, which won 12 seats against three of former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy-MLA Sa Ra Mahesh faction. There was pressure on Devegowda, from directors of his faction, to become president. But, he favoured Prasanna, as his father Mahadev supported him against their party leader Kumaraswamy. Prasanna was the unanimous choice of Devegowda faction. Thus, he was the only candidate in the fray.

There are a total of 20 directors, including five nominated ones, in MyMUL. Out of five nominated directors, four are ex-officio members. With 12 elected directors, Devegowda faction had an upper hand. However, S C Ashok, nominated director, who had tried to become president in the election held on August 14, 2019, also, was an aspirant. He is a nephew of Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa. However, he too abstained from filing his nomination on Tuesday.

Devegowda said, “Even though the term of the management board is five years, the new president has agreed to step down at an appropriate time, to share the responsibility with others. Following the allegation of Kumaraswamy, that there is a rampant corruption in MyMUL, the new team should function in a transparent manner.”

It has to be recalled that the election of directors on March 16 had turned hi-decibel as Kumaraswamy had camped in Mysuru and toured across the district to garner support for the candidates supported by Mahesh. Thus, the president’s election was a prestigious one. But, given the support to Devegowda, it was a one-sided match.

The directors of Devegowda faction are: B N Sadananda, C Omprakash, B Neelambike Mahesh Kurahatti and Leela (Nagaraj) in Mysuru sub-division and K S Kumar, A T Somasekhar, K Eregowda, Jagadish (Basappa), P M Prasanna, H D Rajendra, Dakshayani and A Shivagami of Hunsur sub-division. The directors of Kumaraswamy faction are: R Cheluvaraju, K G Mahesh and K Umashankar.