Hyderabad: All major municipal enterprises in Telangana now have female mayors and deputy mayors as the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) entrusted the key posts in Warangal and Khammam to women on Friday.
TRS women corporations were unanimously elected mayors and deputy mayors of the Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation (GWMC) and Khammam Municipal Corporation (KMC).
Former MP and TRS women wing President Gundu Sudha Rani has been elected mayor of GWMC, the second largest municipal corporation in the state after the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC).
Although the post is reserved for BC / general candidate, the TRS elects a female leader as mayor. Ponukollu Neeraja has been appointed mayor of the Khammam Municipal Corporation. The position is reserved for women.
Interestingly, the TRS gave the posts of deputy mayors in both Warangal and Khammam to Muslim women – Rizwana Shameem in Warangal and Shaik Fathima Zohra in Khammam.
With this, all large enterprises in the state have women as mayors and deputy mayors. In February, Gadwal Vijayalaxmi and Srilatha Reddy were elected mayor and deputy mayor of Greater Hyderabad, respectively.
The TRS leadership declared the names of mayors and deputy mayors of the GWMC and the KMC through sealed coverage.
Ministers responsible for the election announced the names at the meetings of newly elected entrepreneurs.
Elections for chairpersons and deputy chairpersons of five municipalities were also held on Friday.
Women were elected chairpersons of the municipalities of Siddipet, Jadcherla and Kothur.
The posts of chairpersons of the Nakrekal and Atchampet municipalities were not reserved for women. The posts of three vice presidents also went to women.
The TRS cleared on April 30 about the elections held for seven urban bodies. The results were announced on May 3rd.
The ruling party not only retained the power in these ULBs, but also won enough seats to easily win the posts of mayor and deputy mayor in the two municipal corporations and chairman and deputy chairman in the five municipalities.
Source: The Siasat Daily