KOCHI: Thiruvananthapuram Mayor Arya Rajendran and MLA Sachin Dev, who are to get married, are a lovely sight in the conference stage. When the two of them come out together during breaks amid meetings, young people are often seen around them, greeting and exchanging pleasantries. Some even want to click selfies with the couple as well.

Politburo member M A Baby gifted books to Arya and Sachin, the previous day. Arya became the district mayor while studying in All Saints College, Thiruvananthapuram. Sachin was the SFI state secretary, when he won his first election as a candidate from Balussery constituency. Arya had also campaigned there.

Sachin Dev is a native of Nellikkad in Kozhikode. He is currently the all India joint secretary of SFI and is a member of the Kozhikode CPM district committee.