TMC's Firhad Hakim resigns as Kolkata mayor as Mamata's party spirals into chaos TMC MLA Firhad Hakim announced his resignation as Kolkata mayor on Friday as trouble for the Mamata-led party continues to brew following the poll debacle in recently concluded assembly elections in Bengal.File photo of Chief TMC chairperson Mamata Banerjee (C) along with Abhishek Banerjee (R) and former mayor Firhad Hakim (L). (Hindustan Times)The Trinamool Congress (TMC) was ousted from power as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the polls in a landslide victory by securing 208 seats after the results were announced last month. But Mamata's party is now faced with another crisis of rebellion in its legislative ranks after losing power. On Wednesday, Speaker Rathindra Nath Bose recognised 58 rebel TMC legislators, led by MLA Ritabrata Banerjee, as the principal opposition bloc. The rebelling MLAs have accused the party leadership of functioning in an authoritarian manner.