BEST workers homes, children employment opportunity part of promises for BEST cooperative society polls

Ahead of the BEST Employees Co-operative Credit Society elections, MLAs Prasad Lad and Pravin Darekar emphasized their focus on workers’ welfare, not politics. Shramik Utkarsh Sabha, including Nitesh Rane, will contest against Shiv Sena (UBT) and MNS on August 18. Lad criticized past attempts to sell BEST, highlighting its ₹3,000 crore loss, and proposed depot leasing.