The majority of mayor and chairperson posts in municipal companies and municipalities in Andhra Pradesh, the place the ruling YSRCP just lately swept the polls, have gone to girls and representatives from backward sections.
The YSRCP received 73 out of 75 municipalities and 11 out of 12 municipal companies. Counting of votes in Eluru Municipal Corporation has not been taken up due to a High Court order.
Of the overall 86 posts of chairpersons and mayors within the state, 52 have gone to girls. In the municipal companies, seven out of 11 mayor posts have been allotted to girls and 10 out of 11 mayors belong to Backward Classes, SC, ST, or minority communities.
Of the elected chairpersons and mayors, 78 per cent belong to Dalit and backward communities. The three large municipal companies of Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, and Tirupati have gotten girls mayors. Wasim Saleem has been elected as mayor of Anantapur Municipal Corporation.
“Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy had directed that weaker sections and ladies ought to be given high precedence in choice of candidates for posts of mayors and chairpersons. About 78 per cent of posts, which is greater than the traditional quota, have been allotted to girls and weaker sections… Empowerment of ladies and weaker sections isn’t any extra a slogan however has been translated into actuality by the Chief Minister in his 21 months in workplace,’’ stated S Ramakrishna Reddy, Advisor to the Andhra Pradesh authorities.
Officials stated that by politically empowering girls and the weaker sections, the state is displaying to the nation what emancipation of weaker sections actually means.
