Bihar State Cooperative Minister Surendra Yadav felicitated all the newly elected Chairman of District Central Cooperative Banks at a function organized by Biscomaun at his Patna office. Though winners were not drawn from any single political party, there was an unprecedented cooperative bonhomie on the occasion.
The winners were felicitated with a shawl, and a bouquet among other things in the presence of Biscomaun Chairman and MLC from RJD Dr Sunil Kumar Singh. Sunil had played an active role and tried hard to seek support for his associates. He claims to have 17 DCCBs Chairmen as his own.
In his Facebook post, Bhagalpur DCCB Chairman Jitendra Kumar wrote, “Honorable Cooperative Minister Surendra Yadav honored all the newly elected Chairman of DCCBs with a shawl and a bouquet at the function organized by Dr. Sunil Kumar Singh in Biscomaun, Patna”.
There were many other Chairmen of DCCBs, who lost no time in sharing the photos of felicitation through social media platforms.
Readers would recall that a few days back 19-District Central Cooperative Banks of Bihar had gone to the polls which threw up a few surprises, though the majority of old co-op satraps retained their seats.
The biggest setback was the defeat of Vishnudev Rai from Vaishali DCCB for whom the RJD cadre had fought hard. It is said that even RJD Supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav was keen on his victory. Another noteworthy defeat was that of Vimal Shukla from Sitamarhi for whom the JDU cadre was put to test. Defeat of Bhagwati Prasad from Bettiah was no less surprising. Manoj Yadav from Khagaria could also not save his seat this time. The defeat of Hiralal from Purnea was also shocking for many.
The well-known co-operator Ramesh Chaubey has been elected again for the third term as the Chairman of Sasaram District Cooperative Bank. Similarly, Guddi Devi, wife of Ranjit Kumar alias Munna Singh, retained her seat and was again elected as the Chairperson of Nawada District Cooperative Bank. Devi won by 13 votes. Chandrika Yadav was elected as her deputy.
Readers would recall that earlier, Mahesh Rai, Satyendra Narayan Singh and Amarnath Pandey had been elected unopposed as the Chairman of Gopalganj, Ara and Muzaffarpur DCCB respectively.
Sudharshan Prasad Singh has been elected as the Chairman of Motihari DCCB defeating the outgoing rival Dilip kumar Yadav with 85 votes. Mintu Devi has been elected as the Chairperson of Munger District Cooperative Bank. She won the election by 17 votes. Shrikant Yadav was elected as the Vice-Chairman.
Sudhir Mishra has been elected as the Chairman of Vaishali DCCB defeating his rival Vishnudeo Rai. Mishra
got 163 votes while Rai received 121 votes. Manoj Kumar Singh and Vinod Kumar Rai have been elected as the Chairman of Siwan DCCB and Samastipur DCCB respectively.
Jitendra Kumar and Shahin Kalam have been elected as the Chairman of Bhagalpur and Katihar District Cooperative Bank respectively. In the election of Rohika Central Cooperative Bank, Raman Singh was elected as the Chairman and Dev Kumar Yadav as his deputy. Singh won the election with 32 votes.
RJD MLA from Gurua constituency, Vinay Yadav has been elected as the Chairman of Magadh DCCB. Santosh Kumar was elected as the Chairman of Bettiah Central Cooperative Bank. Kumar got 154 votes while his rival Bhagwati Prasad received 76 votes.
In the keenly fought election of Khagaria DCCB, Akhilesh Vidyarthi got elected as the Chairman of the DCCB defeating his rival with one vote. Vidyarthi got 46 votes whereas his rival Manoj Yadav received 45 votes. Mintu Devi has been elected as the Chairperson of Munger District Cooperative Bank. She won the election by 17 votes. Shrikant Yadav was elected as the Vice-Chairman.
