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Arya Rajendran, one of India’s youngest mayors, bid an emotional farewell as she vacated the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation chair following the announcement of local body elections by the State Election Commission, on Monday, November 10.

In a Facebook post, the CPI(M) leader reflected on her journey from a student activist to becoming the Mayor of Kerala’s capital at the age of 21 in 2020.

“I was born and raised in an ordinary family — my father, a worker, my mother, and my brother. The political awareness my parents had deeply influenced both of us from a young age,” Arya wrote, recalling how her childhood struggles shaped her understanding of people’s hardships. “It was that life which taught me to recognize whether the pain on

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