New Delhi/IBNS, July 16 -- Actor-turned-politician Koel Mallick resigned from the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, delivering another setback to the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC).

Her resignation came just three months after she entered the Upper House and was followed by a meeting with senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union Minister Bhupender Yadav, prompting speculation over her political future.

Mallick's departure marks another high-profile exit from the Trinamool Congress amid a series of resignations by MPs and MLAs from the ruling West Bengal party.

Koel Mallick, whose legal name is Rukmini Mallick, submitted her resignation to Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan.

In her resignation ...