Urmila Matondkar quits Congress

September 10, 2019 15:08

Five months after joining the party, actor-turned-politician Urmila Matondkar resigns from the Congress. She states, "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 a statement, Matondkar who lost the Mumbai North Lok Sabha elections to Gajanan Kirtikar, wrote, "Ive resigned from the Indian National Congress. First thought of resignation came to me when after my repeated efforts, no action was taken in pursuance of my letter dated 16th May, addressed to then Mumbai Congress President Mr. Milind Deora. Thereafter, to my utter dismay, the said letter containing privileged and confidential communication was conveniently leaked to the media which according to me was an act of blatant betrayal," said Matondkar in the statement."

Image: Urmila Matondkar with colleague and former Mumbai Congress president Milind Deora during a campaign trail ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.

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