Prayagraj: Madhuri Devi Patel, a candidate of former UP Cabinet minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh aka Raja Bhaiya’s Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik), was declared the winner for the post of the president of Zila Panchayat in Pratapgarh on Saturday.
Patel secured 40 votes out of the total 51 votes polled by Zila Panchayat members in a one-sided contest. Her rival Samajwadi Party candidate Amrawati Devi polled six votes, while BJP’s Shama Singh boycotted the polling process by abstaining from casting her vote and lost the fight by managing to secure mere three votes in her favour.
As BJP workers contitued their protest, Patel had to be escorted out amidst tight security by the police.