Trinamul MP Mimi Chakraborty Submits Resignation, Signals Withdrawal from Politics

Mimi Chakraborty, the Jadavpur Trinamul MP, resigned from her position as a member of parliament and informed chief leader Mamata Banerjee that she would be leaving all political positions on Thursday.

"I've let Didi know about the difficulties I ran throughout when helping individuals. After leaving her almost hour-long meeting with Mamata in the Assembly on Thursday, the well-known Bengali film actor remarked, "She listened patiently and I hope she will take a decision soon."


"I never said or did anything without the party's consent (Trinamul)." Mimi said, "It was my responsibility to inform the party (about my decision)," adding that Mamata, the party supremo, will make the ultimate decision.

According to Trinamul insiders, the party had no intention of nominating Mimi for a second term.

"There are complaints from the local leadership and her attendance in Parliament is also very poor," a Trinamul leader said.

Records kept by the Parliament show that Mimi did not participate much in legislative actions. Mimi's attendance rate of 21% is very low compared to the national average of 79% for MPs and 66% for MPs from Bengal.

Considering that the national average is 46.7 and the Bengal MP average is 34.5, Mimi participated in only seven debates.

Mimi has asked 160 questions in the last five years, less than the 210 questions asked by MPs nationwide on average.

But Mimi, who won the 2019 election to represent Jadavpur in the Lok Sabha against Anupam Hazra of the BJP, said, "My attendance in the Lok Sabha has become a point of discussion." People would question why I am not in my constituency if I remain in Delhi. I will face criticism if I choose to abstain from Parliament in order to be among the people.”

"Although I have never held public office, Didi offered me the opportunity to serve the people, and I have done so to the best of my abilities. I have used my money to provide help and have reached out to individuals during Amphan," she continued. "You have the right to abuse if you work in politics, but I can't abuse anyone."

When asked why she didn't give the Lok Sabha Speaker a straight resignation, she said, "The party nominated me." I need to first let my party's leader know.

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