Prayagraj: Dr VK Singh, candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would be the new Zila Panchayat president in Prayagraj. Dr Singh defeated Samajwadi Party’s Malti Yadav by a margin of 18 votes to bag the post, polling and counting for which was held on Saturday. Dr Singh bagged 51 votes while Malti Yadav could secure just 33 votes in her favour, losing the political contest. Yadav and Dr Singh were in direct contest with each other as these were the only two candidates in the fray.
ADM (Nazul) Ganga Ram Gupta confirmed Dr VK Singh's victory in the election by a margin of 18 votes. Immediately after the declaration of the poll results, while the BJP supporters started bursting crackers, SP members levelled allegations against the BJP and the district administration of bias that led to SP workers raising slogans and entering into an altercation with the policemen at duty near Anand Hospital where they were gathered. The police had to use mild force to disperse the crowd.