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Communist Party of India (Marxist) supporters wearing masks as a precaution against the coronavirus join a procession to celebrate their win in the local body elections in Kochi, Kerala state, December 16th 2020
COMMUNIST Party of India (Marxist) councillor Arya Rajendran made history on Monday as she became the country’s youngest mayor of a major city.
The Left Democratic Front (LDF), which also forms the state government, triumphed in the elections to local authorities, winning in more than half of all village councils, two-thirds of district councils and in five out of six municipal corporations.
The 21-year-old maths student, a CPI(M) member and activist since secondary school, was elected mayor of Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram corporation after being proposed as the Left Democratic Front (LDF) candidate for the post.
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