{
  "id": 11982008,
  "title": "BJP Nominates Actor Koel Mallick For Rajya Sabha Seat",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/bjp-nominates-actor-koel-mallick-for-rajya-sabha-seat",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-04T18:29:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/bjp-nominates-actor-koel-mallick-for-rajya-sabha-seat"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has nominated actress Koel Mallick for a Rajya Sabha seat in Kolkata. Mallick, who had previously served as a TMC MP in the Rajya Sabha, resigned from her position on July 16 after the TMC lost the Assembly election in May. The deadline for filing nominations is October 6, and the election will be held on October 16. Nominees have until October 9 to withdraw their nominations. Koel Mallick, also known as Rukmini Mallick, is a well-known face in Bengali cinema and is the daughter of the veteran Bengali actor Ranjit Mallick. TMC MLA Kunal Ghosh criticized Mallick for her \"flip-flop\", stating that Mamata Banerjee had brought both her parents into politics and given opportunities to people from various backgrounds.",
  "summary": "Kolkata: Months after resigning from the post of Rajya Sabha MP from Trinamool Congress (TMC), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) now nominates actor Koel Mallick for Rajya Sabha MP. Koel took oath as a MP of Rajya Sabha from TMC on April 6 but resigned from the post on July 16 after TMC lost the Assembly election in May. The last date for filing nominations is October 6 and the election will take…",
  "key_points": [
    "BJP nominates actress Koel Mallick for Rajya Sabha seat in Kolkata.",
    "Mallick previously served as TMC MP in Rajya Sabha before resigning in July.",
    "Election to be held on October 16 with nomination deadline on October 6."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}