M. Anbazhagan is elected Mayor of Tiruchi
The Hindu
Mr. Anbazhagan was administered the oath of office by Tiruchi Corporation Commissioner P.M.N. Mujibur Rahuman
M. Anbazhagan of the DMK was elected unopposed as the Mayor of Tiruchi Corporation on Friday.
As no other nomination, but for Mr .Anbazhagan’s, was received, Tiruchi Corporation Commissioner P.M.N. Mujibur Rahuman, the Returning Officer, declared him elected unopposed.
Mr. Rahuman subsequently administered the oath of ofice to Mr. Anbazhagan. K.N. Nehru, Minister for Municipal Administration, Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi, Minister for School Education, S. Sivarasu, Collector, G. Karthikeyan, City Police Commissioner, and others, presented shawls to the newly elected Mayor.
None of the AIADMK members participated in the indirect election or in the Mayor’s oath-taking ceremony.
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.