TMC's Firad Hakim resigns as Kolkata mayor amid rebel MLAs' revolt
In yet another blow to TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, senior party leader Firhad Hakim on Friday resigned as the mayor of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC).
Rape-accused suspended Janata Dal (Secular) MP Prajwal Revanna, who is accused of sexually harassing several women, said he would appear before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on May 31.
The 33-year-old Hassan MP is facing charges of multiple instances of sexually abusing women. He left the country on April 26 after several videos of him sexually abusing multiple women emerged.
In yet another blow to TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, senior party leader Firhad Hakim on Friday resigned as the mayor of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC).
A political crisis is unfolding in West Bengal as twenty-three Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha members of Parliament are in contact with a rebel faction of the party, according to sources.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge filed his Rajya Sabha nomination at the Vidhana Soudha, accompanied by senior party leaders on Friday.
A day after DMK, now the Shiv Sena UBT is unlikely to attend the upcoming INDIA bloc meeting scheduled for June eight in Delhi, according to sources.