(Trinidad Guardian) – Rikki Jai (Samraj Jaimungal) became the first $2 million monarch of Carnival 2011 when he won the NLCB Chutney Soca Monarch competition at Skinner Park, San Fernando, on Saturday night, Jai’s victory, however, drew mixed reactions, with cheers and boos from the packed audience when he was announced as the winner. The soca chutney star, who has won the title five times, ran onto the stage and almost fainted at the sight of the $2 million cheque held by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and Arts and Multiculturalism Minister Winston ‘Gypsy’ Peters.
Jai amassed a total of 18,285 votes, 7,104 more votes than
