BalIari: Twenty-three-year-old D. Triveni of Congress created history by becoming the youngest Mayor in Karnataka, after being elected for the Ballari City Corporation Mayor post here yesterday.
She is the youngest Mayor to be elected in the history of Mayoral polls in Karnataka taking over the record from Tasneem Bano, who at the age of 31 became the Mayor of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) in 2020. Triveni, who is a Congress Councillor, represents Ward 4 in Ballari City Municipal Corporation. B Janaki, also a Congress Councillor from Ward 33, was elected unopposed as Deputy Mayor. Triveni, a paramedical graduate, is also the youngest elected member of the Corporation.
