Newly-elected councillors sworn in Coimbatore

Winners in the urban local body election held to 100 wards in the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation limits took oath as councillors at a function held at Victoria Town Hall on Wednesday.

Corporation Commissioner Raja Gopal Sunkara administered the oath at the event that lasted nearly three hours.

Starting with the councillor-elect to Ward 1, winners turned up one after another as per the ward number.

But before taking oath, the councillors-elect said they were well aware that their taking oath was subject to the outcome of case 3937/2022 pending before the Madras High Court.

Thereafter they took oath saying they owe allegiance to the Constitution, will uphold integrity and sovereignty of the country and work with honesty.

While most councillors-elect went on to read the oath in full after the Commissioner’s start, a few councillors required word-by-word guidance.