New Delhi/Kolkata, July 16: Actor-turned-politician and Trinamool Congress MP Rukmini Mallick, popularly known as Koel Mallick, on Thursday resigned from the Rajya Sabha, the fourth TMC MP to do so ever since the Mamata Banerjee-led party was ousted from power in West Bengal.
Mallick met the Rajya Sabha chairman CP Radhakrishnan and put in her papers.
Mallick quit within a week following the stepping down of Rajya Sabha MPs Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, Sushmita Deb and Prakash Chik Baraik in the wake of the TMC’s poll debacle in Bengal and the subsequent widespread rebellion in its ranks.
Those under pressure should quit before July 21: Mamata
TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Thursday asked dissidents planning to leave the organisation to do so before the July 21 Martyrs’ Day rally, asserting that such exits would not weaken the party.
In a Facebook Live session, hours after TMC Rajya Sabha MP Rukmini Mallick, aka Koel Mallick, resigned and met Union minister Bhupender Yadav, Banerjee said the actor-turned-politician had informed the party leadership about her decision through email before submitting her resignation.
“Today I saw that another MP, who is also a respected and talented film artist, met a BJP leader and resigned. I respect her as an artist. For everyone’s information, she had already sent her resignation by email, and I thank her for personally submitting it today,” Banerjee said. (PTI)
