Rajya Sabha MP Koel Mallick Quits Trinamool, Meets Bhupender Yadav
Her exit cuts the Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha tally to 9 and follows a meeting with Union Minister Bhupender Yadav, prompting speculation about her next move.
- On Thursday, actress-turned-politician Koel Mallick resigned from the Rajya Sabha, marking a fresh setback for Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress amid internal turmoil.
- Following the party's 2026 West Bengal election loss, internal dissent erupted in the Assembly under Leader of Opposition Ritabrata Banerjee with 57 MLAs, then spread to both Houses of Parliament.
- Mallick becomes the fourth TMC MP to exit the Upper House, following resignations from TMC MPs Sushmita Dev, Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, and Prakash Chik Baraik, reducing the party's Rajya Sabha strength to nine members.
- Shortly after submitting her resignation, Mallick met with Union Minister Bhupender Yadav, fueling speculation about her political future; neither Mallick nor the BJP have confirmed any move.
- In her resignation letter to Rajya Sabha Chairman CP Radhakrishnan, Mallick wrote: "I do hereby resign from the membership of Rajya Sabha," while sources claim she did not attend a single sitting during her tenure.
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Rajya Sabha MP Koel Mallick quits trinamool, meets Bhupender Yadav
In a surprising political move, Trinamool Congress MP Koel Mallick resigned from her position on Thursday, immediately meeting with Union minister Bhupender Yadav afterward. This resignation has reduced the TMC's Rajya Sabha strength from thirteen to nine members. The previous day saw MLA Madan Mitra part ways with the party as well. Mamata Banerjee has urged party members to exit before July twenty-first, emphasizing a clean break.
TMC slips to single digits in RS as Koel Mallick resigns; more exits likely
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.
Following the crushing defeat in the West Bengal Assembly elections, the wave of resignations within Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress continues unabated. On Thursday, Rajya Sabha MP Koyal Mallick resigned from her post. Koyal was sworn in as a Rajya Sabha member on April 6th. She resigned just 101 days after taking the oath.
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