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The self-respect sheet led by Ramesh Katti and erstwhile curate A. B. Patil won each the 15 seats successful the elections to the Rural Electric Co-operative Society Limited successful Hukkeri successful Belagavi territory of Karnataka connected September 29. The Katti household has been heading the nine since the 1980s.
This was the archetypal predetermination successful 25 years, arsenic determination was nary contention successful each the earlier 5 polls.
The elections connected September 28 were a bitterly-fought contention betwixt 1 sheet led by the Katti household and different by Anna Saheb Jolle successful confederation with the Jarkiholi brothers.
Farmers caput to a polling booth to formed their votes successful elections to the Rural Electric Co-operative Society Limited successful Hukkeri successful Belagavi territory of Karnataka connected September 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: BADIGER PK
There were 32 candidates for the posts of 15 directors. Out of 60,046 voters, 41,050 voters exercised their franchise. The results were declared aboriginal greeting connected September 29.
The predetermination run had breached enactment boundaries and was focused connected personalities. While the Jarkiholi brothers, who are dispersed crossed the BJP and the Congress, campaigned for their candidates, Mr. Patil and BJP MLA Nikhil Katti, who is the nephew of Ramesh Katti, joined the run connected the different side.
Expelled BJP person Basanagouda Patil Yatnal and Rajya Sabha subordinate Iranna Kadadi joined the run during the merchandise of a publication connected erstwhile curate Umesh Katti successful Hukkeri.
However, Minister Laxmi Hebbalkar, Congress MLA Laxman Savadi, and immoderate different elder leaders of some the parties successful Belagavi district, maintained a region from the campaign.
As the run progressed, the canvass centred astir a fewer cardinal issues. The Jarkiholi brothers accused the Katti household of negligence, maladministration and irregularities successful the society.
Ramesh Katti harped connected outsiders trying to interfere successful Hukkeri taluk.
Some directors besides said that the polls were turning retired to beryllium a Lingayat versus non-Lingayat battleground.
Satish Jarkiholi claimed their household hails from Jarkiholi colony successful Hukkeri taluk, but are present settled successful Gokak. Balachandra Jarkiholi denied the caste favoritism angle, saying they had maintained cordial relations with Lingayats each on and that Mr. Jolle, a salient subordinate of their panel, is simply a Lingayat person successful his ain right.
“The voters of Hukkeri person decided that institutions of our taluk should enactment with insiders, and that outsiders should not beryllium entertained,” Ramesh Katti told reporters aft the announcement of the results.
He alleged that the Jolle-Jarkiholi confederation tried to intimidate his voters and directors of the society, but had failed miserably. “They should realise that strong-arm tactics and wealth does not enactment each the time,” helium said.
He besides said that helium would grow his idiosyncratic governmental jurisdiction. “I volition question crossed the territory and besides bluish Karnataka to physique a basal of followers. I volition sojourn Nippani, Gokak, Arabavi, and Yamakanamaradi, and groom young leaders to instrumentality connected the existing MLAs,” helium said.
Shashikala Jolle, erstwhile curate and woman of Anna Saheb Jolle, represents the Nippani Assembly constituency. Gokak seats is held by Ramesh Jarkiholi, Arabavi by Balachandra Jarkiholi and Yamakanamaradi by Satish Jarkiholi.
To a question connected the differences betwixt him and his enactment workfellow Anna Saheb Jolle, Ramesh Katti said it was governmental and not personal. “However, I person a portion of proposal for him. He should beryllium cautious astir who helium befriends. It is imaginable that your caller friends tin mislead you, particularly if they person travel to you looking for your wealth and not your personality,” helium said.
To a query, Ramesh Katti said helium is simply a disciplined worker of the BJP and would obey instructions of the enactment precocious command.
Differences betwixt the Jolles and Kattis began aft the caller Lok Sabha elections successful which Anna Saheb Jolle mislaid to Priyanka Jarkiholi, girl of PWD Minister Satish Jarkiholi. Ramesh Katti believed that the Jolles had colluded with the Congress campaigner (Priyanka Jarkiholi), and betrayed him.
He allied with Balachandra Jarkiholi and engineered a defection successful the District Central Co-operative Bank that unseated Ramesh Katti.
The DCC slope polls are scheduled for October 16.
Of the 3 powerfulness cooperative agencies registered successful Karnataka, the Hukkeri nine is the lone 1 that is functional. The nine was registered successful 1969 nether the Karnataka Cooperative Societies Act. It has a stock superior of ₹8.66 crore and a moving superior of ₹122.08 crore.
It functions arsenic as an alternate to HESCOM successful powerfulness organisation successful Hukkeri taluk. It has supplied energy to astir 125 villages and 20 hamlets successful Hukkeri taluk.
