21-year-old Arya Rajendran likely to be youngest Mayor of India

 Arya Rajendran, 21-year-old, successfully contested the recent civic polls and is likely to become the next Mayor of Thiruvananthapuram, CPI(M).

The Thiruvananthapuram district secretariat of the Marxist party, recommended her name for the post at its meet. The recommendation has to be ratified by the party state secretariat, which will be meeting in the city on Saturday.

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If approved, Arya, will become the youngest Mayor ever in the country.

According to the sources, the state secretariat will make the announcements on five of the total six corporations by Saturday.

Arya, a B.Sc. Math second year student at the All Saints college here, had won from the Mudavanmughal ward of the city corporation, bagging 2,872 votes, 549 more than the rival Congress candidate.

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An activist of the Students Federation of India (SFI), she is also the state president of Balasangam, the children’s wing of the Left party.

When contacted by the media about the recommendation, she said the party will take the right decision and that she had not been informed by anyone other than reporters.

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Thiruvananthapuram Mayor K Sreekumar (CPI-M) suffered a shock defeat in the polls.