In fresh blow to former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, her party’s MP Koel Mallick resigned from Rajya Sabha on Thursday just months after taking oath. Mallick, who is also an actor in Bengali film industry, took oath as Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha in April this year.
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Mallick wrote to Rajya Sabha chairman CP Radhakrishnan on Thursday expressing that resigns as an MP. “I do hereby resign from the membership of Rajya Sabha, which may please be accepted with immediate effect,” she wrote in the letter.
“I convey my sincere gratitude to your Excellency, Hon’ble Deputy Chairman and all functionaries of the Rajya Sabha Secretariat extending all help and cooperation during my tenure as a Member of the Rajya Sabha,” she added.
The TMC MP has not yet made any statement about why she decided to resign from Rajya Sabha.
Mallick’s resignation is fresh in several such blows to TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, who is going through one of the worst political crises she has witnessed lately, particularly after TMC’s crushing defeat against the Bharatiya Janata Party in recently held West Bengal assembly polls.
Mallick’s resignation comes a day after Trinamool Congress MLA Madan Mitra joined the rebel camp in the West Bengal legislative assembly on Wednesday.
