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.
Arya Rajendran, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) councilor from Mudavanmugal in Thiruvananthapuram was sworn in as the new Mayor of the city corporation. She is just 21 years old. Arya, who is a B.Sc Mathematics second year student at the All Saints College here, told media that she will continue with her studies along with handling the responsibilities as the City Mayor. P.K. Raju of the Communist Party of India is the Deputy Mayor of Thiruvananthapuram corporation. In Kollam, Prassanna Earnest of the CPM was sworn in as the Mayor. This is her second stint as the Mayor of Kollam. After the swearing in she told the media that her ambition is to make Kollam the state s best city corporation.
21-year-old becomes Mayor of Thiruvananthapuram
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21-year-old student set to become Mayor in Kerala. Image Source: IANS News
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 28 : Arya Rajendran, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) councilor from Mudavanmugal in Thiruvananthapuram was sworn in as the new Mayor of the city corporation. She is just 21 years old.
Arya, who is a B.Sc Mathematics second year student at the All Saints College here, told media that she will continue with her studies along with handling the responsibilities as the City Mayor.
P.K. Raju of the Communist Party of India is the Deputy Mayor of Thiruvananthapuram corporation.
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.