THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Arya Rajendran, a 21-year-old BSc student becomes the next Mayor of Thiruvananthapuram. She is the youngest Mayor in the state.
21-year-old Arya Rajendran is the new mayor of Thiruvananthapuram.
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Arya, a CPM candidate, won from Mudavanmugal ward, defeating UDF candidate Sreekala by 2872 votes. She was the youngest candidate in the district.
A second-year BSc Maths student at All Saints College Thiruvananthapuram, Arya is also the State President of Bala Sangham and a state office bearer of SFI, the student wing of CPM. She’s also a CPM branch committee member.
She is the daughter of Rajendran, an electrician, and Sreelatha, a LIC agent.
The CPM district secretariat which met here on Friday zeroed in on Arya. The party finalised her name as it was decided that a youngster should be considered for the post. “I will happily assume the new responsibility given by the party,” she told the media.
A couple of other names including Jameela Sreedharan who won from Peroorkada and Gayathri Babu who won from Vanchiyoor were doing the rounds for Mayorship. However, the party went with the youngest candidate as that would send out a positive message among the masses.
The Left front had fielded many youngsters and women in the local body polls. With this decision, the CPM hopes to attract more youngsters to the party ahead of the Assembly elections.
