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NEW DELHI: Senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) person Firhad Hakim connected Friday resigned arsenic politician of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), citing an "inability to enactment properly."He stepped down “with his caput held high” aft obtaining the consent of Trinamool supremo and erstwhile West Bengal main minister, Mamata Banerjee.At a pre-resignation property conference, the Kolkata Port MLA reflected connected his astir 7.5-year tenure arsenic mayor, thanking KMC officials and Kolkata residents for their enactment done large crises, including Cyclone Amphan and the COVID-19 pandemic.“We successfully overcame these challenges with the enactment of KMC officials and the citizens of the city,” Hakim told reporters."I wanted to permission with my caput held high. I sought support from my leader, and she (Mamata Banerjee) granted it," the helium added.Remembering his assignment arsenic Kolkata politician successful November 2018, Hakim noted his archetypal uncertainty astir matching the bequest of past civic leaders, including Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das.“I ne'er thought I could go a worthy successor to stalwarts similar Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das, who erstwhile occupied this chair,” helium said.A salient number look of the TMC and a cardinal fig successful its municipality organisation, Hakim’s resignation came amid continued governmental turbulence wrong the enactment pursuing its decision successful the West Bengal assembly elections, which saw it suffer powerfulness successful the authorities aft 15 years.
His exit besides comes amid organisational strain wrong the Trinamool and a question of councillor resignations successful caller weeks, adding uncertainty to the party’s civic structure.The corporation, nether TMC power since 2010, remains 1 of the its astir important organization bases.Hakim besides made past arsenic the archetypal Muslim politician of Kolkata aft Independence.(With PTI inputs)
