He initially thought it was a joke from some of his college friends, but a call from the Communist Party of India (CPI-M) district secretary set the record straight for All Saints College’s second year undergraduate math degree. : Arya. Rajendran (21). The party has entrusted him with a coveted position. She will be the new mayor of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation.
The state capital has obtained a mayoralty first: it is the youngest mayor in the country. Rajendran broke the record of Abilasha Gupta Nandi, who became mayor of Allahabad at the age of 23, records show.
“I went into politics at a young age. If the party asks me to take office, I will be the happiest to accept it, ”said Arya Rajendran, daughter of electrician K Rajendran and LIC agent Sreelatha Rajendran. Hailing from a lower-middle-class family, her one-story home does not have a passable road.
Enjoying the glory of the recent local body elections, in which the majority of corporations, panchayats and bloc bodies won, the ruling party surprised by handing over the mantle of the prestigious corporation to a councilman for the first time. The party’s leader, Jameela Sreedharan, and two other people were also in the race, but the party elected a young leader over them.
Call it an electoral stunt or not, this time the party had experimented with many young faces like Rajendran to take over the Bharatiya Janata Party power and incumbency factor and many were victorious. In the 100-member corporate council, the ruling Left Democratic Front has 52 seats and the BJP is in opposition with 35 seats.
In the council she is also the baby (usually the mayor is called the mother of the city) but politics is nothing new for Arya Rajendran. He became a member of Bala Sangam, a children’s group affiliated with the party, at the tender age of six. She is now the president of her state and also an official of the Student Federation of India, the youth wing of the party.
The designated mayor has quite a few priorities. “A heritage city Thiruvananthapuram is already beautiful. I’ll make it cleaner by ensuring proper waste disposal. I will also guarantee health care for all, ”she said, adding that many leaders have inspired her, including Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Health Minister KK Shailaja.
She said that along with her new role she would like to continue her studies. “People in my neighborhood gave me a strong margin because I was young and studying. I will continue my studies along with my public service, ”he said. His older brother works in a West Asian country.
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