New Delhi, June 3 -- Firhad Hakim, a senior Trinamool Congress leader, will resign as the Mayor of Kolkata, TMC MLA Kunal Ghosh said on Wednesday, adding that party supremo Mamata Banerjee has accepted his request to step down.

Hakim, one of the party's most prominent leaders and a close aide of Banerjee, had earlier sought permission from the TMC chief to resign from the post, citing difficulties in functioning after the BJP came to power in West Bengal.

"At that time, he was asked not to resign," Ghosh told reporters. "However, he again requested Mamata Banerjee today to allow him to step down, following which she agreed."

The development comes amid growing uncertainty within the Trinamool Congress and a series of resignations by par...