West Bengal news: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) Member of Parliament (MP) and popular Bengali actor Mimi Chakraborty today (February 15) announced her resignation from the local party leadership.
She met party chief Mamata Banerjee and expressed her desire to quit as a parliamentarian, asserting that “politics is not my cup of tea”. Chakraborty, a first-time MP from Jadavpur, went to the state assembly in the afternoon to meet Banerjee, also the chief minister.
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 further process after whatever she said."
“Today, I met our party supremo. I had submitted my resignation to her on February 13 (Tuesday). I have understood in all these years that politics is not my cup of tea,” she told media.
Asked why she tendered her resignation to Banerjee and not to the Lok Sabha Speaker as per norms, Chakraborty 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.
Mimi has submitted her resignation to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee which has not been accepted by the CM yet. Due to her busy schedule, she does not want to be in politics.
(With inputs from Sujit Das)
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