GHMC Mayor Mohammad Majid Hussain is likely to resign from his post in a day or two to prepare to contest the next Lok Sabha elections from Secunderabad Lok Sabha seat as MIM candidate.
His party Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (MIM) has asked him to tender his resignation from the post on Thursday. MIM is likely to field him in one of the Assembly constituencies in the city.
“My party has directed me to resign from the post on Thursday. Abiding by the decision of the party, I am resigning on Friday. My party will take a decision on utilizing my services,” Majid Hussain told TOI on Thursday.
Majid Hussain took over the reins of the GHMC on January 3, 2012 as part of the power-sharing agreement between MIM and Congress in 2009 soon after the civic body elections.
As part of the agreement, of the five-year term, the mayor post goes to a Congress candidate for the first two years followed by that of MIM for the next two years. The last year should go to a Congress candidate. Likewise, the deputy mayor post would go to the other party during that period.