Trinamool Rajya Sabha MP Arpita Ghosh resigns
The Hindu
Arpita Ghosh was recently suspended from the House along with three of her colleagues
Trinamool Congress MP Arpita Ghosh resigned from the Rajya Sabha and her resignation has been accepted by Chairman Venkaiah Naidu with effect from 15 October.
Ms. Ghosh had won the seat from West Bengal in April 2020 and had another five years of tenure left. Previously, she was a Lok Sabha member from Balurghat constituency in West Bengal. She is a theatre artist working as both director and actor.
The TMC was not forthcoming on the reasons for her resignation, though sources said she acted in accordance with the party’s wishes.
Senior BJP leader and former Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Saturday (November 23, 2024) said the landslide victory of the Mahayuti alliance in the Maharashtra Assembly election was historic, and that it reflected people’s mindset across the country. She added that the DMK would be unseated from power in the 2026 Assembly election in Tamil Nadu and that the BJP would be the reason for it.