PARENT COMPANY : GCMMF LTD
BRAND : AMUL FOOD PRODUCTS
PARENT COMPANY : GCMMF LTD
BRAND : AMUL FOOD PRODUCTS
CAUTION
Although Amul is a cooperative of Gujarat’s dairy sector with membership including many minority farmers, it is also a critical vote bank for Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist BJP government. The support of Amul's stakeholders has been one of the reasons for the party’s dominance in the state. Almost all the district cooperatives are headed by BJP leaders. For instance, Tharad MLA and Gujarat legislative assembly speaker Shankar Chaudhary heads the Banas Dairy as chairman. Deputy assembly speaker Jetha Bharwad, the MLA from Shehra constituency, heads the Panchmahal District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union as its chairman. In addition, Amul has hosted Israeli delegations to collaborate on projects in India.
