Meet Arya Rajendran, India s youngest mayor from Kerala
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Published: Monday, December 28, 2020, 13:32 [IST]
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 28: A 21-year-old graduation student Arya Rajendran elected as the Mayor of Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation.
On her electoral debut, Rajendran, a second year Bsc Maths student of the All Saints College here, won from the Mudavanmugal ward, defeating her nearest Congress rival by a margin of 549 votes.
Arya Rajendran
It was also the first time she could cast her vote in the local body election due to her age.
Rajendran is a state committee member of the Students Federation of India (SFI) and also the state president of Balasangam, the children s wing of the Left party.
21-year-old Arya Rajendran Takes Charge of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation as India s Youngest Mayor
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Twenty one-year-old Arya Rajendran on Monday became the youngest Mayor in the country, taking charge of the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation after she scored a facile win in a three-cornered election to the post. A college student and a CPI-M member, she was administered the oath of office by collector Navjot Khosa at the corporation council hall. With BJP-NDA and Congress-led UDF deciding to field candidates for the Mayor s post, an election was necessitated on Monday and the CPI-M candidate garnered 54 votes, including that of independents, in the 100-member corporation. Actor-politician Kamal Hassan and industrialist and Chairman of the Adani Group Gautam Adani were among those who congratulated Rajendran on her feat.
Meet Arya Rajendran, India s youngest mayor: 21-year-old CPM member vows to prioritise healthcare, continue her studies Arya is a second year BSc mathematics student at the All Saints College in Thiruvananthapuram and is also a state committee member of the Students Federation of India. She is also the state president of Balasangam, the children s wing of the CPM FP Staff December 28, 2020 21:37:18 IST File photo of Arya Rajendran. News18
On Monday, 21-year-old Arya Rajendran became India s youngest mayor after being sworn in for the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation s top job.
Arya is a second year BSc mathematics student at the All Saints College in Thiruvananthapuram and is also a state committee member of the Students Federation of India (SFI). She is also the state president of Balasangam, the children s wing of the CPM.
Updated: Sunday, December 27, 2020, 22:56 [IST]
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 27: Twenty one-year-old Arya Rajendran will be the next Mayor of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, making her the youngest ever to occupy the post in the country.
Arya Rajendran
The ruling CPI(M) on Sunday officially declared Rajendran will be the party-led Left Democratic Front s mayoral candidate in the election to the post to be held on Monday. The party district committee has decided to field S Arya Rajendran as the mayor candidate on behalf of the LDF and Suresh Kumar as the District panchayat president of Thiruvananthapuram, it said in a statement.
In the recent civic polls, the LDF has won 51 wards in the 100-member prestigious corporation of the Kerala capital.