THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Arya Rajendran, the ward councillor from Mudavanmugal, will be the new mayor of Thiruvananthapuram. It was the CPM district secretariat which decided to appoint 21-year-old Arya as mayor.

Arya, a BSc Maths student from All Saints College, is a member of the SFI State Committee, a member of the CPM Kesavadev Road Branch Committee and the State President of the Balajanasangham. She is the daughter of Rajendran, an electrician, and Sreelatha, an LIC agent.