The winners of the Urban Local Body elections who contested in Tirupur took charge as Council members on Wednesday, March 2 at the Corporation office, and were administered the oath by the Tirupur Corporation Commissioner.
Tirupur: The winners of the Urban Local Body elections who contested in Tirupur took charge as Council members on Wednesday, March 2.
All the 60 members of the Council elected in Tirupur Corporation took oath at the Corporation office on Wednesday.
The Commissioner of Municipal Corporation of Tirupur, Kranthi Kumar Pati administered the oath of office.
In the Urban Local Body polls held in Tirupur for a total of 6 wards, DMK secured 24 seats, its ally CPI got 6, CPI (M) secured 1, MDMK 3, Congress 2, IUML 1, and Manidha Neya Makkal Katchi secured 1. AIADMK got 17, Tamil Manila Congress 1, BJP 2 and 2 independents. All Council members were sworn in today.
The Communist Party Councillors shouted "Inkulab Zindabad" after taking the oath, while BJP members shouted "Bharat Mata ki Jai and Vande Mataram." DMK members took an oath in the name of their party chief M K Stalin.