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Baramati: Midnight cash distribution alleged ahead of Someshwar factory polls
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News18•10-10-2026, 09:50
Baramati: Midnight cash distribution alleged ahead of Someshwar factory polls
- •Just hours before the high-profile Someshwar Cooperative Sugar Factory elections, allegations of midnight cash distribution have sparked a major political clash.
- •Purushottam Jagtap claimed that Sunetra Pawar's panel was luring voters and alleged that police found Rs 20 lakh in a vehicle belonging to their workers.
- •The election features a intense triangular fight between Ajit Pawar's panel, Sharad Pawar faction's panel, and the rebel panel led by Purushottam Jagtap.
- •Voting for the 21 director posts is scheduled, with the shocking cash allegations intensifying the prestige battle in Baramati.
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The election for the 21 director posts of the Shri Someshwar Cooperative Sugar Factory is scheduled for October 11, 2026, with the vote counting taking place on October 12, 2026.
A triangular fight is underway with three main panels: the Ajit Dada Pawar panel led by Sunetra Pawar and Jay Pawar, the Sharad Pawar faction's panel led by Yugendra Pawar, and the Someshwar Vikas panel led by current chairman Purushottam Jagtap.
Purushottam Jagtap adopted an independent stance and formed a separate panel in cooperation with BJP leaders, leading to his and his panel candidates' expulsion from the Nationalist Congress Party.
