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Safwi had been resisting political pressure from the co-operative lobbies in the state. It was widely believed that Safwi wanted a change in portfolio since he was not willing to bow down to vested interests, many of whom were putting pressure on the department to reduce the tenure of co-operative societies from the existing tenure of 5 years to three years. As
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