Actor and MP Mimi Chakraborty has submitted her resignation to West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, but it has not been accepted. The MP from Jadavpur says she has difference with the local Trinamool leadership. She has said that the Chief Minister assured her that she will take care of the issues.

“I had a dream for Jadavpur, but I faced a lot of hurdles. It is very easy to malign a person when he or she comes from a film background, saying that he or she does not work,” she said.

“I don’t understand the nitty-gritty of politics. When I reached out to people, I think it might not have gone down well with a lot of people or may be some of them,” the actor MP added.

A popular filmstar in Bengal, she was elected from Jadavpur in 2019 on a Trinamool Congress ticket. She had defeated political heavyweights – the BJP’s Anupam Hazra and the CPM’s Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya.

Ms Chakraborty’s resignation comes at a time when another actor MP from Bengal, Nusrat Jahan, is drawing fire over her silence on the allegations of sexual harassment against Trinamool leaders in Sandeshkhali.

The BJP targeted the Basirhat MP over photos of her Valentine’s Day celebration with partner and actor Yash Dasgupta. “Priorities matter: In Sandeshkhali, women are protesting for their respect. Meanwhile, the TMC MP of Basirhat is celebrating Valentine’s Day,” the Bengal BJP said in a post on X.

Maharashtra Speaker Rahul Narwekar on Thursday cited last week’s Election Commission order – recognising Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar as the leader of the ‘real Nationalist Congress Party‘ – to reject petitions seeking disqualification of 41 MLAs who rebelled against Sharad Pawar in June last year, triggering a split and a battle for control of the NCP.

Mr Narwekar said the MLAs who joined Ajit Pawar in rebelling against his uncle – and allied with the BJP and a similar breakaway faction of the Shiv Sena – to form a new state government, could not be disqualified as they constituted the “will of the party”.

“I hold that (the) Ajit Pawar-led NCP is the real political party. Ajit Pawar has the legislative majority with 41 MLAs. This is undisputed,” he said, “All petitions seeking disqualification of are rejected.”

The Supreme Court last month gave Mr Narwekar till February 15 to decide on disqualification petitions against MLAs affiliated to Ajit Pawar’s group.

Before the split the NCP had 53 MLAs. 

After the dust settled, 41 of them sided with Ajit Pawar, leaving only 12 with Sharad Pawar as he tried to re-assert control over the party he helped found in 1999, and has since led.

Last week the Election Commission said the Ajit Pawar faction would be recognised as the ‘real NCP’, thereby giving it control over the party name and symbol (a clock) weeks before the Lok Sabha election and polls to fill six to-be-vacant Rajya Sabha seats in the state.

READ | Ajit Pawar’s Faction Named Real NCP In Setback For Sharad Pawar

The poll panel gave Sharad Pawar mere hours to decide on a new name, and his faction was eventually renamed as the Nationalist Congress Party Sharadchandra Pawar.

READ | Sharad Pawar’s Party Assigned New Name By Election Commission

Sources said the Commission’s decision was based on the numerical strength of the two factions, something Mr Narwekar referred to, and relied on, in this instance too.

A furious NCP called the Election Commission’s actions “murder of democracy”.

“The whole world knows who founded the NCP. So what the Election Commission did, despite that, is the murder of democracy…” Anil Desmukh, a former Minister, said.

Sharad Pawar’s camp has approached the Supreme Court over the EC order.

The decision played out like the Sena Vs Sena fight, in which the faction led by Eknath Shinde (made Chief Minister after rebelling and allying with the BJP) was called the ‘real Sena’, leaving Uddhav Thackeray racing, weeks before an election, to find a new identity for the party his father founded.

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Ranveer Singh has been acting for 14 years and is now known as one of Hindi Cinema’s most versatile talents. Initially working across various genres with directors like Aditya Chopra, Vikramaditya Motwane, Rohit Shetty, Karan Johar, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, and Zoya Akhtar, he is now set to delve deeper into the action genre in his next three projects.

An insider has disclosed that Ranveer Singh has confirmed his filming schedule for the next two years. Additionally, a source close to the movie production has shared that Ranveer Singh will be filming for his role in Singham Again for over 50 days until the end of April.

The insider also revealed that while a significant portion of his scenes has already been shot, there is still some remaining work that will be completed by the end of April. It has been clarified that Ranveer has a well-defined role in Singham Again, which goes beyond an extended cameo, contrary to some speculations.

After completing filming for Singham Again, Ranveer will begin conducting screen tests for Don 3, which is directed by Farhan Akhtar. He will participate in workshops to get ready for the role of Don. The source further stated that Ranveer will engage in workshops to fully embody the character of Don. He sees this film as a significant responsibility, being the third actor to portray Don after Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan. Farhan aims to commence filming for Don 3 around August/September 2024.

According to the insider, filming for Farhan’s Don 3 will take place both in India and overseas, spanning seven months and likely concluding by March 2025. Additionally, the source revealed that following Don 3, the highly anticipated Shaktimaan project will commence. After three years of meticulous scripting, the team has finalized a screenplay deemed fitting to honour Shaktimaan’s rich legacy. Directed by Basil Joseph, the film will be produced by Sony Pictures India and Sajid Nadiadwala.

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