As per the agreement between Congress and the MIM parties, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Mayor Banda Karthika Reddy resigned as mayor on Monday afternoon. She submitted her resignation to GHMC commissioner MT Krishna Babu. However, she will continue in the post for another 12 days as the special meeting of the GHMC council, which has to accept and confirm her resignation, will be convened on December 17. There is no provision in the GHMC Act for acting mayor till her resignation is accepted.

Soon after her resignation, speaking at a press conference, the outgoing mayor Karthika Reddy said "Generally, the special council meeting to accept the resignation of mayor has to be convened within seven days of resignation. Since Parliament is in session, the meeting will be held next Saturday." She said during her tenure several innovative programmes were taken up by the corporation, including ban on plastic carry bags of less than 40 microns thickness. She said there was an overwhelming response from the general public and business establishments to the ban.

The outgoing mayor said sports was given top priority by constructing sports complexes at places like Chandulal Baradari and Chandanagar areas and Indira Bhavans for women empowerment. She also listed out development works worth Rs 1,400 crore sanctioned by the GHMC standing committee during last two years of her tenure. Meanwhile, deputy mayor and Majlis Itteadul Muslimeen (MIM) corporator Jaffer Hussain is likely to resign from the post of deputy mayor on December 16, a day before the special council meeting as his resignation has to be accepted by the mayor. It would pave the way for the Congress candidate to become deputy mayor as per the arrangement and transition of power between Congress and MIM.

As the process of appointment of new deputy mayor has begun, Congress corporators have started lobbying hard to grab the post. Several aspirants, including Congress floor leader Kaleru Venkatesh, Habsiguda corporator S Harivardhan Reddy, Barkatpura corporator Diddi Rambabu, Boudhanagar corporator Adam Uma Devi, Hafeezpet corporator V Jadishwar and Gunfoundry corporator and minister M Mukesh Goud's brother M Madhu, are in the race for the top job. Congress sources said the deputy mayor would be named after the special meeting of the GHMC on December 17.