The Hindu 25.09.2014
Mayors assume office in two corporations
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FIRST CITIZENS:Corporation Commissioners administrating mayoral oath to E. Buvaneshwari in Tirunelveli (left) and A.P.R.Antony Grace in Tuticorin on Wednesday. — A. SHAIKMOHIDEEN AND N. RAJESH -
Commissioners of Tirunelveli, Tuticorin administer oath to Bhuvaneshwari and Antony Grace
E. Bhuvaneshwari, who was elected unopposed as the fifth Mayor of Tirunelveli Corporation, assumed office here on Wednesday. Commissioner R. Lakshmi administered the oath to Ms. Bhuvaneshwari in the presence of Collector M. Karunakaran, MPs S. Muthukaruppan, Vijila Sathyananth, K.R.P. Prabhakaran, Deputy Mayor P. Jeganathan alias Ganesan, Tamil Nadu Housing Board chairman R. Murugaiah Pandian, former Mayor A. Jayarani, councillors and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) office-bearers at the Corporation Council Hall.
Standing with folded hands for a couple of minutes in front of Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s portrait hanging behind the Mayor’s chair in the hall, Ms. Bhuvaneshwari paid her respects before putting her first signature in the papers.
After Ms. Vijila was nominated as AIADMK’s Rajya Sabha member, the mayor post fell vacant in January. Though it was expected that the by-election to fill the post would be a cakewalk for the ruling party which had just registered its thumping victory in the Lok Sabha polls in May, Ms. Bhuvaneshwari was elected unopposed since Bharatiya Janata Party candidate G.P.R. Vellaiyammal withdrew her nomination, much to the shock of her party colleagues and joined the AIADMK in the presence of party supremo Jayalalithaa.
Tuticorin
In Tuticorin, Corporation Commissioner S. Madhumathi administered mayoral oath to A.P.R. Antony Grace and handed over the ceremonial sceptre to her in the presence of MP Sasikala Pushpa, MLAs S.T. Chellapandian, ‘Kadambur’ Raju and Deputy Mayor P. Xavier.
