Kerala: 21-Year-Old Is The New Mayor of Thiruvananthapuram

21-year-old Arya Rajendran is all set to be the next Mayor of Thiruvananthapuram. Arya has successfully contested the recent civic polls in Kerala her party, CPI(M), has won a majority in the corporation. Anavoor Nagappan, the district secretary of the CPI(M) in Thiruvananthapuram, finally made it official that the Arya will be the next mayor of Kerala’s capital city. This makes her the youngest Mayor in the state. Superstar Mohanlal Congratulated the youngster on her win.

Not many know that this is also the first time Rajendran could exercise her vote in the local body elections due to her age.

Arya Rajendran is a BSc Maths second-year student at the All Saints College, had won from the Mudavanmughal ward of the city corporation. She has bagged 2,872 votes, 549 more than the rival Congress candidate.

Daughter of CPI(M) activists K Rajendran and Sreelatha, Ms Rajendran has been associated with the party from a very young age.

“From the time I remember my childhood, I was going to Balasangham. May be from around the age of 5. I am now the State President for Balasangham. I am also the Students Federation of India state committee member. My parents are branch committee members of CPI(M). And we firmly believe in what the party stands for”, Arya Rajendran said.

Balasangham is the children’s wing of CPI(M) and Students Federation of India and is the party’s students wing.

Her father is an electrician and mother a LIC agent. She also has a brother.

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