Rayana Bhagya Lakshmi elected as 12th Mayor of Vijayawada
The Hindu
Rayana Bhagya Lakshmi was unanimously elected as the 12th Mayor of the Vijayawada Municipal Corporation at the first council meeting held post declaration of municipal election results here on Thursday.
Bellam Durga has also been unanimously elected as Deputy Mayor. All the 64 corporator-elects but one were sworn in by the presiding officer and Collector A.Md. Imtiaz in the presence of VMC Commissioner V. Prasanna Venkatesh. The YSRCP State leadership had announced the names of Ms. Lakhsmi and Ms. Durga dashing the hopes of many mayoral aspirants and city leaders who supported them. Mayoral aspirant Bandi Punyaseela, a second-time corporator and former YSRCP floor leader in the VMC Council, who won from the 34th division, did not show up for the meeting and abstained from taking the oath and election.More Related News