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Walse Patil's Protégé Confronts Him, Chaos Erupts at Factory Meeting
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News18•21-09-2026, 16:43
Walse Patil's Protégé Confronts Him, Chaos Erupts at Factory Meeting
- •A commotion occurred at the annual general meeting of the 'Bhimashankar Cooperative Sugar Factory' in Ambegaon taluka.
- •Devdatt Nikam, a former staunch supporter of Dilip Walse Patil and now District President of NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar faction), directly confronted Walse Patil over fund deductions from sugarcane bills.
- •The factory proposed a deduction of Rs 50 per ton from the Rs 3,500 per ton sugarcane price for 'share development fund' and 'educational institution fund'.
- •Nikam and Arun Gire of Shinde's Shiv Sena strongly opposed this fund deduction, leading to an uproar among other members.
- •Walse Patil publicly reprimanded Nikam, stating, "I gave you all positions, I made you big, learn to listen a bit."
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A dispute erupted over a proposed deduction of Rs 50 per ton from sugarcane bills, which included Rs 40 for a share development fund and Rs 10 for an educational institution fund.
Devdatt Nikam, who is the District President of the NCP Sharadchandra Pawar faction and Walse Patil's former staunch supporter, directly opposed the fund deductions during the meeting.
Devdatt Nikam was once a trusted supporter of Dilip Walse Patil, but their political relationship changed after Nikam contested against Walse Patil in the recent assembly elections and lost by a narrow margin.
