Bengali actress quits BJP, says can’t be in company of Thakur, Mishra

Bengali actor-turned-politician Subhadra Mukherjee, who has worked in some Bengali films and television soaps, resigned from the BJP in the aftermath of the Delhi violence saying she couldn't be in the same party with leaders like Kapil Mishra and Anurag Thakur. Mukherjee quit the BJP on Friday when she sent her resignation to state party chief Dilip Ghosh. She said she had joined the BJP with a lot of ‘hopes and optimism”, but got disenchanted over recent developments, which showed the “BJP was moving away from its ideology”. Mukherjee said she was for the Citizenship (Amendment) Act passed by the Narendra Modi government in parliament, but opposed to the way the BJP has been promoting it. “It has resulted in unrest across the country. Why should we all have to show papers after so many years into independent India to prove our citizenship?” she said. Mukherjee said the Delhi violence, which left at least 42 people dead and over 200 injured, was the proverbial last straw. (IANS)

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