28-year-old R Priya takes oath as Chennai’s youngest Mayor
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R Priya of the ruling DMK party was sworn in as the mayor today. The 28-year-old is the youngest and first-ever Dalit woman mayor of Chennai.
The 28-year-old R Priya of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) was sworn in as the youngest and first-ever Dalit mayor of Chennai on Friday. She is also the third woman to hold this post in Chennai’s history, after Tara Cherian & Kamakshi Jayaraman.
Tamil Nadu | Greater Chennai Corporation gets its youngest and first-ever Dalit woman mayor, as DMK's R Priya takes the oath of office in Chennai. The 29-year-old is Chennai’s third woman mayor. pic.twitter.com/erfAt365h0
On Thursday, the DMK party nominated Priya as its Mayor candidate for the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) as it enjoys a majority. A mayor was sworn into the GCC for the first time after a hiatus of 11 years. With this, the GCC got its youngest and first-ever Dalit woman mayor.
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The oath of office was administered by GCC commissioner Gagandeep Singh Bedi, reported news agency ANI. Priya was elected as a councillor of ward 74 Mangalapuram in the recently-concluded civic body polls.
