Kerala - Kochi   

Mercy Williams likely to be Mayor

Staff Reporter

Manisankar may become Deputy Mayor

Mercy Williams

KOCHI: The CPI(M) district committee on Sunday formally cleared the name of Mercy Williams for the post of Kochi Mayor.

The district committee, which met in the evening, also cleared the name of senior councillor C.K. Manisankar for the post of Deputy Mayor. Ms. Williams, a professor of sociology, represents Kunnumpuram, 36th division of the Corporation.

She will be walking into annuls of history as the first woman Mayor of Kochi.

The CPI(M) district secretariat had earlier cleared the names of Ms. Williams and Mr. Manisankar for the top posts.

Mr. Manisankar is representing the Ponnurunni division in the Corporation for the second consecutive term. He is also a member of the CPI(M) district committee. Mr. Manisankar, a State committee member and district joint secretary of the CITU, is also the district president of the State Library council. He had been a member of the council since 1988. In the last council, he had served as the chairman of the Town Planning Standing committee.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Stories in this Section

New council members sworn in
Boat show concludes Indian Marine Federation formed
LAEC for closure of Cochin Chemicals
Hamriyah FZA gets award at India boat show in Kochi
Bus, lorry owners to meet Chandy today
Theatre takes a new form
Providing knowledge centres in rural areas
All set for Kochi edition of the Quiz
Story of a `gypsy salesman'
District panchayat members sworn in
Mercy Williams likely to be Mayor
A wholesome Thullal experience
NRE interest rates revised
Around The City
In Kochi Today

Copyright © 2005, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu