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Hyderabad’s first ever Female mayor after separate Telangana state formation

Hyderabad, Feb 11 (UNI) Gadwal Vijayalakshmi from the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) party was on Thursday elected Mayor of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) with high majority in the house,backed by the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM).
At its maiden meeting, the newly elected GHMC met and elected the 17th mayor of Hyderabad during the eagerly –awaited polls.
Vijayalakshmi is the first woman Mayor after the formation of Telangana State in 2014 and the second woman to occupy the chair after the formation of GHMC in 2009, the first one being B. Kartika Reddy of the Congress.
Vijayalakshmi , daughter of TRS Parliamentary party leader K,Kesava Rao, was elected as Corporator from the Banjara Hills division of the GHMC.
Another TRS corporator Ms M Srilatha Reddy from Tarnaka division, was elected Deputy Mayor.
The elections to the GHMC were held in December last year and the main contest was witnessed between TRS and the BJP.
The TRS won only 56 seats in the 150-member GHMC council while the BJP finished a close second with 48 seats and the AIMIM retained 44 seats. The Congress ended up with just two seats.
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