<p>A cooperative leader and director of Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union, the country’s oldest dairy union best known as Amul Dairy, returned to the Congress fold on Tuesday.</p>.<p>Juvansinh Chauhan, a two-term Amul director, had served the Congress for nearly two decades before joining the BJP ahead of the election of the president of the dairy in February this year.</p>.<p>He rejoined his former party with his supporters in the presence of Congress state president Shaktisinh Gohil at a function in the party’s headquarters ‘Rajiv Bhavan’.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/gujarat-bjp-rajya-sabha-nominees-declared-elected-unopposed-in-dullest-election-in-recent-time-1237953.html">Gujarat BJP Rajya Sabha nominees declared elected unopposed in dullest election in recent time</a></strong></p>.<p>Gohil said Chauhan was unhappy with rising political interference in the dairy union by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).</p>.<p>“Gujarat takes pride in the Amul cooperative model. The then Congress government helped it grow and even helped in running it, making it a leading cooperative in the world. Because of increasing political interference, Chauhan decided to join us along with his team,” Gohil told reporters.</p>.<p>Amul has 13 elected representatives as directors, a majority of whom are currently with the BJP which had in February this year wrested control of the union after Vipul Patel, a candidate backed by it, was elected its chairman.</p>.<p>Chauuhan was among the four directors from Congress who had joined the BJP ahead of the election.</p>
<p>A cooperative leader and director of Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union, the country’s oldest dairy union best known as Amul Dairy, returned to the Congress fold on Tuesday.</p>.<p>Juvansinh Chauhan, a two-term Amul director, had served the Congress for nearly two decades before joining the BJP ahead of the election of the president of the dairy in February this year.</p>.<p>He rejoined his former party with his supporters in the presence of Congress state president Shaktisinh Gohil at a function in the party’s headquarters ‘Rajiv Bhavan’.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/gujarat-bjp-rajya-sabha-nominees-declared-elected-unopposed-in-dullest-election-in-recent-time-1237953.html">Gujarat BJP Rajya Sabha nominees declared elected unopposed in dullest election in recent time</a></strong></p>.<p>Gohil said Chauhan was unhappy with rising political interference in the dairy union by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).</p>.<p>“Gujarat takes pride in the Amul cooperative model. The then Congress government helped it grow and even helped in running it, making it a leading cooperative in the world. Because of increasing political interference, Chauhan decided to join us along with his team,” Gohil told reporters.</p>.<p>Amul has 13 elected representatives as directors, a majority of whom are currently with the BJP which had in February this year wrested control of the union after Vipul Patel, a candidate backed by it, was elected its chairman.</p>.<p>Chauuhan was among the four directors from Congress who had joined the BJP ahead of the election.</p>