Koel Mallick’s resignation from Rajya Sabha comes a day after TMC MLA Madan Mitra joined the rebel camp in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly on Wednesday.
In a fresh blow to former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, her party’s MP Koel Mallick resigned from the Rajya Sabha on Thursday just months after being sworn in. Mallick, who is also an actor in the Bengali film industry, was sworn in as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha in April this year.
Mallick wrote to Rajya Sabha Chairman CP Radhakrishnan on Thursday expressing his resignation from the post of MP. “I hereby resign from the membership of Rajya Sabha, which may be accepted with immediate effect,” she wrote in the letter.
“I express my sincere gratitude to His Excellency the Honorable Vice-Chairman and all the staff of the Rajya Sabha Secretariat who extended all assistance and cooperation during my tenure as a member of the Rajya Sabha,” she added.
The TMC MP is yet to make any statement on why she decided to resign from the Rajya Sabha.
Mallick’s resignation is the latest in many similar blows to TMC chief Mamata Banerjee, who is going through one of the worst political crises she has seen in recent times, especially after the TMC’s crushing defeat to the BJP in the recently held West Bengal assembly elections.
Mallick’s resignation comes a day after Trinamool Congress MLA Madan Mitra joined the rebel camp in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly on Wednesday.
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