1. TMC leader Mimi Chakraborty resigns as MP from Jadavpur constituency.
2. Resignation comes ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
3. Chakraborty had won the Jadavpur seat in the 2019 general election.
Kolkata, Feb 15: In a significant development ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mimi Chakraborty has tendered her resignation as a Member of Parliament from the Jadavpur constituency, which she had previously won in the 2019 general election.
Chakraborty personally handed over her resignation letter to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at her residence, citing her inability to contest from the Jadavpur constituency.
Mimi Chakraborty says, “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 allowed me 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.”
The actor has handed over her resignation to Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee.
However, this would not count as her formal resignation as she has not sent her resignation to the Lok Sabha Speaker.
Just two days before her resignation, Chakraborty had stepped down from several crucial parliamentary positions.
This move came shortly after she resigned from the Chairmanship of the Patient Welfare Association of Jirangachha Block Primary Health Centre.
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According to reliable sources, Chakraborty has relinquished her membership in two standing committees of the Parliament as well.
She addressed her decision in a letter to Trinamool party leader Sudeep Banerjee in the Lok Sabha.
Chakraborty was serving as a member of the Standing Committee on Industrial Affairs and the Joint Committee of the Ministry of Energy and Renewable Energy, from which she has now resigned.
