India, July 17 -- In yet another jolt to the Mamata Banerjee camp of the Trinamool Congress noted Bengali actress and MP Rukmini (Koel) Mullick on Thursday resigned from the Rajya Sabha.

She was elected to the Upper House little more than four months ago - just before the Bengal Assembly elections along with singer-politician Babul Supriyo, former Bengal DGP Rajeev Kumar, and senior advocate Menaka Guruswamy.

Her resignation comes barely a day after senior leader and one of the founding members and sitting MLA of the party Madan Mitra quit left Banerjee to join the rebel group of MLAs led by Opposition Leader Ritabrata Bhattacharya.

Firing speculations was Mullick's brief meeting with senior Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav in whose resi...