Khushbu resigns from National Commission for Women

Actor-politician Khushbu Sundar resigned from the post of Member of the National Commission for Women. She was nominated to the post in February 2023.

Speaking to The Hindu, Ms. Khushbu confirmed her resignation. She said, “I tendered my resignation to the Ministry of Women and Child Development about a month ago, and it was accepted recently. Since I am a politically inclined, I could not participate in debates and other political platforms representing my party, the BJP, by being a member of the National Commission for Women. So, I chose to resign from the National Commission for Women.”

She said she had conveyed her decision to the BJP national president, J.P. Nadda, and organizing secretary, B.L. Santhosh.

Ms. Khushbu joined the DMK initially and later moved to the Congress. She eventually shifted to the BJP, contested as the party’s candidate in the Thousand Lights Assembly constituency in 2021, and lost to DMK’s N. Ezhilan.