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The recently elected people’s representatives of section self-government institutions successful the territory took oath connected Sunday (December 21, 2025) amid celebrations and governmental posturing that signalled the tone of combat was to enactment intact connected the crushed with lone a fewer months till the important Assembly elections.
The 76 councillors of the Kochi Corporation were sworn successful astatine a ceremonial held astatine the precocious inaugurated Corporation’s assembly hallway astatine 11.30 a.m. District Collector G. Priyanka, who is besides the District Election Officer, administered the oath to Nirmala Rajappan, the senior-most councillor successful the caller council. Ms. Rajappan, successful turn, administered the oath to the remaining 75 councillors. The Collector, successful a little code up of the ceremony, urged the elected representatives to support intact the assurance bestowed upon them by the people.
UDF celebrations
The Congress-led United Democratic beforehand (UDF), which recorded sweeping victories successful the territory panchayat and Corporation elections, made the swearing-in ceremonial an juncture to task their governmental dominance implicit their rivals. The UDF councillors started the time by offering a floral tribute to Mahatma Gandhi astatine Vanchi Square adjacent High Court earlier proceeding to the precocious inaugurated Corporation gathering successful a procession. District Congress Committee (DCC) president Mohammed Shiyas led the march, holding up a transcript of the Constitution, taking a cue from the governmental motion popularised by Rahul Gandhi.
The UDF’s celebrations spilled implicit to the oath ceremonial excessively arsenic supporters of the beforehand cheered and shouted slogans arsenic councillors were called for their turn. Most councillors took oath successful the sanction of God, portion a fewer a took solemn oath. The ceremonial besides had K.V.P. Krishnakumar, the Congress councillor from Ernakulam South division, introducing himself to the Collector arsenic her representative.
Thrikkakara MLA Uma Thomas, lawman collectors Sunil Mathew, Manoj K., and V.E. Abbas were contiguous connected the occasion.
Earlier, the Collector administered the oath to the senior-most subordinate of the territory panchayat, Sinta Jacob, astatine the District Panchayat Hall astatine Kakkanad astatine 10 a.m. Ms. Jacob, successful turn, made the remaining 27 recently elected members instrumentality the vow.
A full of 2,220 representatives, elected to 111 section bodies successful the district, took oath astatine antithetic venues. As galore arsenic 1,467 members successful 82 grama panchayats, 202 successful 14 artifact panchayats, and 447 members successful 13 municipalities besides took oath astatine the respective centres.
The senior-most leaders chaired the archetypal meetings of the caller councils successful the territory panchayat and the Corporation. The predetermination of the Mayor arsenic good arsenic presidents of district, artifact and grama panchayats volition beryllium held astatine 10.30 a.m. connected December 26, and the Deputy Mayor and vice presidents volition beryllium elected astatine 2.30 p.m. connected the aforesaid day.
