The ‘little Mayor’ had some value-additions to propose for every suggestion made at the Corporation council while the ‘Deputy Mayor’ was quite strict on time management. The ‘standing committee chairpersons’ pitched in on the discussions while the ‘councillors’ tapped on their desks in approval. All the while, the real Mayor and councillors listened in awe as their much-younger versions carried out an effective and disciplined council meeting with elan.
“We are so proud that we could represent our schools and use our ideas for the betterment of society. We are happy that the Corporation is ready to listen to us and consider our suggestions,” Neneh Feren, a Standard 9 student of St. Joseph’s Anglo-Indian Girls Higher Secondary School in the city, the first ‘Children’s Mayor’ of Kozhikode, said.
