28-year-old R Priya sworn in as Chennai’s youngest Mayor
The oath of office was administered by GCC commissioner Gagandeep Singh Bedi.
Updated On - 4 March 2022, 01:20 PM
Chennai: 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.
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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.
A mayor was sworn into the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) for the first time after a hiatus of 11 years.