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In a first, Indian-American takes oath as Stafford Mayor
Continued from Page 1 pleasure to attend his swearing-in ceremony this evening. Wishing him all the best as he embarks on this important role."
Texas representatives, Ron Reynolds and Suleman Lulani, and former Missouri City Mayor Owen Allen also graced the occasion.
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Back home, Minister of State for Electronics and
Information Technology, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, also congratulated Mathew in a tweet.
"Congratulations to Ken Mathew from Kerala for becoming the elected Mayor of Stafford, US. He is the first Indian to be elected to the post, in 67 years' history of Stafford," Chandrasekhar wrote.
Mathew served on Stafford Council since first being elected in 2006, and served on the city's
Minister Senthil Balaji
Continued from Page 1 issued the order, Chief Minister MK Stalin had lashed out against the decision, saying that the Governor does not have any power to remove a minister from the Council of Ministers on his own.
The Governor, in the statement dismissing Balaji, has said that he was misusing his power as a minister and influencing an ongoing case against him. Sources told IANS that the Governor has hurriedly withdrawn his earlier order after Stalin has said that the DMK and Tamil Nadu government would fight the move legally and approach the Supreme Court against this.
Officials in Raj Bhavan told IANS that the Governor had withdrawn the decision following intervention from the Central government and that the Governor was advised to take a legal opinion.
Balaji, who was the Electricity and Excise and Prohibition Minister, was arrested earlier this month, amid high drama by the Enforcement Directorate in an old cash for job scam, and is now in judicial custody. While he was divested of the key portfolios, he continued to be a minister in the DMK government.
Planning and Zoning Commission for several years before then. He immigrated to the US in the 1970s after earning a degree from the University of Bombay, the Star reported.
An MBA, Mathew worked as an accountant and financial executive for several corporations, including Toshiba in the Houston area. He has lived in Stafford since 1982.
