'Politics Is Not For Me': TMC Leader Mimi Chakraborty Resigns As MP Ahead Of Lok Sabha Polls

She won the Jadavpur seat in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

TMC Leader Mimi Chakraborty Resigns From Post Of Jadavpur MP

Source : PTI

New Delhi: Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, actor and Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mimi Chakraborty on Thursday resigned as an MP from the Jadavpur constituency, reported ANI.

TMC MP Mimi Chakraborty resigns from the post of MP. Details awaited. pic.twitter.com/LbTfpQdkxv

— ANI (@ANI) February 15, 2024

Chakraborty, a first-time MP from Jadavpur, went to the state assembly in the afternoon to meet TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, reported PTI.

“Today, I met our party chief. I had submitted my resignation to her on February 13. I have understood in all these years that politics is not my cup of tea,” she told reporters.

"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," she was quoted as saying by ANI. 

Mimi said she spoke with Mamata Banerjee regarding the issues she 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."

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… https://t.co/cU9371kPYy pic.twitter.com/OlM0BZv1zx

— ANI (@ANI) February 15, 2024

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."

In the 2019 general election, the actor defeated BJP's Anupam Hazra and CPM's Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya.