Urmila Matondkar resgins from Congress, cites lack of leadership

Actor-turned-politician Urmila Matondkar, on Tuesday, resigned from the Congress party citing lack of purpose. Elaborating on her decision, she said, “My political and social sensibilities refuse to allow vested interests in the party to use me as a means to fight petty in-house politics instead of working on a bigger goal in Mumbai Congress.” https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1171351930595004416 Matondkar contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Mumbai North constituency, where she was defeated by BJP candidate Gopal Shetty, who got 7,06,678 votes. Urmila managed to get just 2,41,431 votes. Also Read: Harsimrat Kaur Badal asks Sonia Gandhi to sack MP CM Kamal Nath immediately The 44-year-old actress made her political debut from North Mumbai constituency on the Congress ticket. Her stint in the party lasted barely six months. PTC News