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Senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) person Firhad Hakim formally resigned arsenic Kolkata politician connected Friday, astir six months earlier his word was to end, saying that “the dignity of the seat was being undermined”.
“I americium emptying the seat today... I wanted to permission with dignity,” Mr. Hakim said, confirming that helium had sought the support of TMC main Mamata Banerjee regarding his determination to quit.
Addressing a property conference, helium said, “Firhad Hakim is nary one. But this seat has been held by galore important figures. This seat has a antithetic benignant of respect. When I was the mayor, I ruled it with pride... This is not imaginable anymore. I cannot disrespect the seat conscionable to clasp connected to the post. I person nary powerfulness near with maine to relation arsenic the mayor. ”
Mr. Hakim submitted his resignation to Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) chairperson Mala Roy.
This leaves the KMC, the State’s largest civic body, without a politician astatine its helm.
According to respective TMC leaders, aft the caller Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) authorities came to powerfulness successful the State, the corp has been made “defunct”.
Fully prepared
Municipal Commissioner Smita Pandey said the KMC is afloat prepared to guarantee seamless functioning of the civic body.
“It feels bad. He is my friend; helium is similar a brother. We worked unneurotic for truthful long,” TMC MLA Madan Mitra told reporters.
A erstwhile State Minister, Mr. Hakim served arsenic the politician for astir 7 and a fractional years since 2018.
BJP MLA Tapas Roy said Mr. Hakim should person resigned overmuch before.
The KMC predetermination is apt to beryllium held successful December arsenic the five-year tenure of the past civic assemblage comes to an end.
