India, June 6 -- Veteran Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Firhad Hakim resigned as the mayor of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) on Friday, signaling that the aftershocks of the party's assembly poll rout are now shaking the urban power structures that long anchored its political dominance.

With the mayor's resignation, the administration of the civic body is expected to pass into bureaucratic hands until the state government decides on the next course of action.

Addressing a press conference after resigning from the post, Hakim said he could no longer discharge his responsibilities in the manner he believed the office demanded.

"Firhad Hakim is no one. It is the chair which calls for respect. Revered personalities have sat on this c...