Urmila Matondkar quits Congress party, cites in-house politics and betrayal as Reason

Actress turned politician Urmila Matondkar resigned from Congress six months after joining the party, cites petty in-house politics in Mumbai unitas the reason. Read the full story below...

Urmila Matondkar quits Congress party

Actress turned Urmila Mantondar has resigned from the Congress party within a short span of 6 months of joining the political party. The announcement by the actor came at a time when Congress was preparing for the assembly elections in Maharashtra. 

"I hereby resign from Indian National Congress as a member and from any post held in the INC. I thank you for giving me the opportunity to work for INC," Matondkar said in a letter addressed to Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi. 

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Urmila blamed petty in-house politics and betrayal as the reason behind her decision of quitting the political party. She said, “My political and social sensibilities refuse to allow vested interests in the party to use me as a mean to fight petty in-house politics instead of working on a bigger goal in Mumbai Congress.”

In July, Matondkar’s letter to then Mumbai Congress chief Milind Deora, where she made critical comments against trusted aides of her senior colleague Sanjay Nirupam was leaked, She had said that the leaders whom she had held responsible for her defeat in her letter to Deora were given new responsibilities. Milind Deora has resigned as the Mumbai Congress unit chief and has been replaced by Eknath Gaikwad.

However, the Chamatkar actress hinted that she might not join any other political party and said, “ I stand by all my thoughts and ideologies and will continue to work for people to the best of my capacity with honesty and dignity. I thank all the people who helped and supported me through my journey. I also wish to sincerely thank the media.”

Urmila had contested for the Lok Sabha election from Mumbai (North) seat on a Congress ticket but lost to BJP's Gopal Shetty. 

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