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Mithun Chakraborty resigns as TMC Rajya Sabha member

| | Dec 26, 2016, at 10:14 pm
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IBNS) : Veteran Bollywood actor Mithun Chakraborty has resigned from the Rajya Sabha as a Trinamool Congress member, citing health problem, reports said.

Chakraborty  had been member of Rajya Sabha for the last two years.

He started maintaining distance with the Trinamool Congess after his name was dragged in the Saradha chit fund scam in which several TMC leaders were implicated.

The CBI and ED are separately investigating into the case.

Chakraborty was the only to person to voluntarily return the entire amount of money he had received from the firm.

On June 16 this year, had sent a draft of Rs 1.19 crore to the Kolkata Enforcement Directorate office.

The  actor was summoned by in Saradha scam by ED.

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