DINDIGUL
The party high command’s decision to propose the name of J Illamathi (42) for the Mayor of Dindigul Corporation came as a surprise to the DMK party functionaries here on Thursday.
The candidate, a second time councillor, would be the first woman Mayor of Dindigul and the first DMK’s Mayor after the city got upgraded as the Corporation in 2011, the AIADMK had Marudaraj as its Mayor till 2016 with Thulasiram also from the AIADMK as the Deputy Mayor.