<h1>Two rival regional parties unite as Utkarsh panel to contest cooperative credit society board amid vote-buying allegation</h1> Two rival regional parties joined to contest board elections of a cooperative credit society for employees of a city transport undertaking, forming a 21-candidate panel named 'Utkarsh' (18 candidates from one party, two from the other, one from an allied Scheduled Caste/Tribe group). Voting involved five panels, including a national party's slate and a union aligned with a rival faction. The society-with over 15,000 members and historically dominated by a union tied to one regional party-reported about 80% turnout. Vote counting is scheduled for the following day. One allied party alleged distribution of concealed cash to buy votes and said it would lodge a complaint.