UK elects first Dalit female mayor Mohinder K Midha in London council

UK elects first Dalit female mayor Mohinder K Midha in London council

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Category : Appointment/Resignation Published on: May 28 2022

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  • Councillor Mohinder K Midha, an Indian-Origin Politician from the UK’s Opposition Labour Party has been elected mayor of the Ealing Council in West London. 
  • She has become the first female mayor of a local London Council belonging to the Dalit Community.
  • Mohinder K Midha was elected for the next year’s term of 2022-23 at a council meeting on May 24, 2022.
  • Midha, who was re-elected as a Labour councillor for the Dormers Wells ward in the Ealing Council in the May 5 local elections in London, had been serving as the Deputy Mayor for the council previously.
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