<span style="color: #222222;">In West Bengal, state transport minister and former mayor Firhad Hakim has been declared as the next Mayor of Kolkata. After a meeting with party councillors and leaders in Kolkata today, Trinamool Congress supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced the names of the members of the new civic board. Atin Ghosh will be the deputy mayor as six times councilor, MP Mala Roy has been named as the Chairperson. 13 members will be made Mayor in Council. Out of 16 Borough Chairpersons, 10 are women.<br />''<br />''It may be recalled that TMC bagged 134 wards out of 144 in the recently held Kolkata Municipal Corporation Election. BJP got 3, left and congress 2 wards each and independent candidates won three wards.</span>
News On AIR | December 23, 2021 5:27 PM
Firhad Hakim named next Mayor of Kolkata