TMC chief Firhad Hakim changed into named the 39th Mayor of Kolkata on Thursday. Here’s the second term for Firhad Hakim because the Mayor of town.
TMC chief Firhad Hakim has been named because the Mayor of Kolkata. (File photo)
Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Firhad Hakim changed into appointed because the 39th Mayor of Kolkata on Thursday. Atin Ghosh changed into appointed because the Deputy Mayor.
Here’s the second time Firhad Hakim has been named the Mayor of Kolkata. Firhad Hakim purchased elected to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) for the sixth term in the sole in the near past concluded civic physique polls.
The TMC swept the KMC polls, a success 134 out of 144 wards. The BJP bagged three seats whereas the Congress and CPI(M)-led Left Entrance won two wards each and every.
Firhad Hakim changed into elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in 2009 in a by-election from Alipore. Since 2011, he has won the Kolkata Port seat and is the Transport and Housing Minister in the Mamata Banerjee-led issue Cabinet.
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In December 2018, Firhad Hakim changed into appointed as Mayor of Kolkata following the resignation of then Mayor Sovan Chatterjee.
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