Hyderabad Mayor Karthika Reddy resigns as per post-poll understanding with MIM

Hyderabad, Dec 6 (TruthDive): Karthika Reddy, a friendly Mayor of Hyderabad who did not burden the people with taxes submitted her letter of resignation to Greater Hyderabad Municipal corporation commissioner MT Krishna Babu here on Monday.

However Karthika will remain as a care taker Mayor till the resignation is accepted by the council and a new Mayor takes charge.

Ms. Reddy also announced that the Council meeting would be held on December 17 when her resignation would be ratified and the process of electing a new Mayor from the Majlis party would be initiated. Deputy Mayor Jaffer Hussain is expected to submit his resignation to her a day before the meeting.

The city-based outfit Majlis-e- Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) as per its post-poll understanding with the Congress in 2009, will get to occupy the Mayor's post for the next two years.

As per an agreement reached between the two parties in 2009, a Congress nominee will hold the office of mayor and an MIM's that of deputy mayor for the first two years.

While an MIM nominee will be the mayor for the next two years, a Congress nominee will be the deputy for the next two years.

"I resigned as per my party instructions and would extend my cooperation to the new Mayor," she told press persons at a press conference. Her two year term was "satisfactory" and she thanked all the officers and fellow public representatives for extending their cooperation to her during her stint.

"I came straight from home to this post. It took me six months to gauge the political and administrative intricacies and in the last one-and-a-half years several innovative schemes were initiated for the city development," she said. Ms. Reddy was especially proud of her drive against usage of plastic bags of below 20 microns.

Under Section 88 (N) and BL No.4 (1) (a), another ordinary meeting should be convened for confirmation of the last minutes, ie, resignation letter of the mayor for which a 10-day notice is required. Then the GHMC has to send a letter to the state government on the resignations.

The government will then issue a GO\Gazette Notification. All this process will take about one week's time.

The MIM is yet to announce its mayoral candidate. It is learnt that among the serious contenders for the post are former mayor Zulfiqar Ali, present deputy mayor Jaffer Hussain, corporators Yasmin Sultana and Ahmed Bilal.