A shock poll defeat, rebellion in the ranks, desertions: Mamata Banerjee's horrid summer continues.
Actor-turned-politician Koel Mallick, who took oath as Rajya Sabha member on April 6, decided to quit as MP on Thursday, delivering another body blow to the Trinamool's strength in the Upper House.
"I do hereby resign from the membership of Rajya Sabha, which may please be accepted with immediate effect," she said in her letter to CP Radhakrishnan, Chairman, Rajya Sabha.