Cong. nominee becomes ZP chief through lottery

By Our Correspondent

VIZIANAGARAM. JULY 23. In a nerve-racking exercise for the Zilla Parishad chairperson, the Congress nominee, Ms. Botcha Jhansi, wife of Mr.B. Satyanarayana, Lok Sabha member from Bobbili, was declared elected in the lottery drawn by the district election authority and Collector, Mr. Harpreeth Singh, at the Zilla Parishad Hall, here on Monday. The TDP nominee was the former minister, Ms.Padala Aruna. There was jubilation in the Congress camp.

The lottery system was adopted after both the parties which have an equal strength of 17 ZPTCs in a council of 34 locked in a tie again in the raise of hands. The exercise continued for vice- chairmanship also. The vice-chairmanship went to the TDP nominee Mr. M. Taviti Naidu. Earlier, in a similar exercise, the Congress and the TDP shared the two co-option members. The members are Messrs. George Gollapalli (Congress) and Sk. Sardar (TDP).

There were no defections though the District Congress Committee had not issued whip for the chairperson and vice-chairman posts.

This is the first time that a woman would head the Zilla Parishad. This is also the first time that the Congress made inroads into the TDP bastion in the district. The Vizianagaram Mandal Parishad had already gone in favour of the Congress in a similar exercise on Sunday.

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