Arya Rajendran S. (born 12 January 1999) is an Indian

politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ...

who currently serves as the mayor of the

Thiruvananthapuram Corporation Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation, also known as Thiruvananthapuram Central, is the municipal corporation that administrates the city of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala. The city corporation is spread over 214.86 km2 with ...

. She was elected from Mudavanmugal ward, belonging to

Nemom Nemom is a suburb of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala, India. It is surrounded by Thirumala in the north, Malayinkeezhu in the north-east, Balaramapuram in the south-east, Kovalam in the south and Thiruvallam in the west. Nem ...

Assembly Constituency from

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)) is a Communism in India, communist List of political parties in India, political party in India. It is the largest communist party in India in terms of membership and electora ...

at the age of 21 and was appointed as the mayor of the corporation which made her the youngest mayor in the country.

Personal life and education

Arya Rajendran is the daughter of Rajendran, an electrician, and Sreelatha, an LIC agent. She did her schooling from Carmel Girls Higher Secondary School, Thiruvananthapuram and attended B.Tech in Applied Electronics (2016 -2020) from LBS Institute of Engineering for Women, Thiruvananthapuram. She is married to K. M. Sachin Dev, who is the member of

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from Balussery constituency.

Politics

Arya Rajendran was the state president of Bala Sangham, the Kerala's largest children's organisation. She was also a state committee member of

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and also serves as CPI(M)'s area committee member at Chala. In 2024, Arya Rajendran was elected to the CPIM Thiruvananthapuram District Committee She was the candidate of

from Mudavanmugal ward in Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, the youngest candidate in 2020 civic body elections at the district. She defeated the UDF candidate Sreekala by 2872 votes. Arya broke the record of Sabitha Beegum who became Kollam Mayor at 23 and

Devendra Fadnavis Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis (born 22 July 1970) is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra since 5 December 2024 with Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar as his deputies, and previously held this positi ...

by being the youngest mayor in India. Fadnavis became the mayor of Nagpur Municipal Corporation at the age of 27.

Controversies

On 29 April 2024, She and her husband, K. M. Sachin Dev, blocked a

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Super Fast bus amidst service and having passengers onboard, with her private car and allegedly abused the bus driver. Arya accused the bus driver to have shown her obscene hand signs whilst driving. She was booked by the Cantonment police under non-bailable provisions as per the directions of the Thiruvananthapuram Judicial First Class Magistrate Court.

References

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