After greeting him on Friday, Electricity and Alcohol Prohibition and Excise Minister V. Senthilbalaji told reporters that Ward 19 Councilor A. Kalpana’s election of Coimbatore mayor is an empowerment of the common people.
While many who held various positions in the DMK aspired for mayor and deputy mayorship and were considered to be at the fore, Ms. Kalpana’s choice showed that ordinary people could also run for the post of mayor.
For the last 15 years, she was employed on a monthly salary of Rs. 13,000, her husband was a taxi driver and now he runs an e-seva centre.
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