Women power to the fore: R Priya sworn in as Chennai’s youngest, third Mayor

Four days ahead of World Women’s Day, R Priya of DMK was sworn in as the mayor of Chennai on Friday.

The 28-year-old councillor is the youngest and the third woman mayor of Chennai.

The oath of office was administered by GCC commissioner Gagandeep Singh Bedi.

Priya, who is the first Dalit woman to hold the post of mayor of Chennai, was elected as a councillor of ward 74 Mangalapuram in the recently-concluded civic body polls.

Incidentally, she comes from DMK chief and Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin’s Kolathur assembly constituency.

A mayor was sworn into the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) for the first time after a hiatus of 11 years.