Unhappy With Local Leadership, Mimi Chakraborty Resigns As TMC MP

Actor and Trinamool Congress MP Mimi Chakraborty has announced her resignation from the post. She has expressed unhappiness over local party leadership in her constituency.

Mimi Chakraborty said, "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. If you join politics, you are criticised whether you work or not. I spoke with Mamata Banerjee regarding the issues I 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 the further process after whatever she says."

On asking why she has given her resignation to Banerjee and not the Lok Sabha Speaker as per the norms, she said, "Once I get the nod from the TMC, I will submit it to the Speaker." The development comes months ahead of the general elections.

This development comes at a time when the nation is prepping up for the Lok Sabha elections.