Kavati Manohar Naidu is Guntur Mayor
The Hindu
Kavati Manohar Naidu of the YSR Congress Party was sworn in as Mayor of Guntur at a colourful function held at council hall of Guntur Municipal Corporation here on Thursday. Vanama Bala Vajra Babu of the YSRCP was sworn in as Deputy Mayor.
Earlier, all the 56 corporators were sworn by District Collector Vivek Yadav and Election Observer Lakshmi Narasimham. Later, the Collector declared that Mr. Manohar Naidu and Mr. Vajra Babu were unanimously elected as Mayor and Deputy Mayor respectively. Municipal Commissioner C. Anuradha administered the oath of office and secrecy to Mr. Naidu. Later, the Commissioner and other officers greeted the newly elected Mayor and Deputy Mayor. Minister for Home and Disaster Mekathoti Sucharita, MLA Maddali Giridhar, MLC K.S Lakshmana Rao, MLA, Guntur East, Md. Mustafa and chairman of AMC, Guntur, Ch. Yesuratnam were present.
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