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Trinamool Congress leader Mimi Chakraborty resigned from the post of a Lok Sabha MP on Thursday, news agency ANI reported. She reportedly handed over her resignation to TMC chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Chakraborty was an MP from Jadavpur constituency in West Bengal.
According India TV report, Banerjee has not yet accepted Chakraborty’s resignation. Moreover, the TMC leader has not sent her resignation to the Lok Sabha Speaker, India Today reported.
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Chakraborty, a first-time MP from Jadavpur, went to the state assembly in the afternoon to meet Banerjee. “Today, I met our party supremo. I had submitted my resignation to her on February 13. I have understood in all these years that politics is not my cup of tea,” she was quoted by PTI as saying.
“Politics is not for me. You have to promote someone here (in politics) if you are helping someone…Besides being a politician, I also work as an actor. I have equal responsibilities,” Chakraborty was quoted by ANI as saying. “If you join politics, you are criticised whether you work or not,” she added.
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Mimi Chakraborty said she spoke with Mamata Banerjee regarding the issues she had. “I wanted to tell her about my resignation from a party that gave me an opportunity to go ahead. I had also told her in 2022 about my resignation from the post of an MP. She had rejected it at that time. I will complete further process after whatever she says,” she said.
When asked why she tendered her resignation to Banerjee and not to the Lok Sabha Speaker as per norms, Chakraborty said, “Once I get the nod from the TMC, I will submit it to the Speaker.”
However, News18 reported that Chakraborty alleged “mental torture” within the party as reason for quitting as MP.
The development came months ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
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Published: 15 Feb 2024, 04:35 PM IST
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