DMK’s S. Nagarathinam elected mayor of Erode Corporation
The Hindu
Ms. Nagarathinam was elected unopposed to the post; she won from ward 50 in Erode
DMK’s S. Nagarathinam, who won from Ward 50, was elected unopposed as the mayor of Erode Corporation on Friday.
The indirect election to the post of mayor was held at the Corporation Central Office, in which Ms. Nagarathinam filed her nomination. Since no other candidates filed their nominations, she was declared the winner by Corporation Commissioner K. Sivakumar. Of the total 60 councillors, DMK has 44 councillors, AIADMK – 6, INC – 3, MDMK – 1 and Independents – 6. Except the six AIADMK councillors, all the 54 councillors were present at the council hall when the election was conducted.
Born in 1971, Ms. Nagarathinam has been a member of the DMK since 1986, while her husband Subramanian, is the party’s Erode urban secretary.
Indirect elections to the post of deputy mayor are scheduled to be held at 2.30 p.m. on Friday, for which the DMK has announced V. Selvaraj (Ward 21 councillor) as its candidate.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.