kolkata bengali actor srabanti chatterjee on thursday quit the bharatiya janata party bjpthe 34yearold actor had joined the saffron party ahead of the assembly polls this year she had unsuccessfully contested against tmcs partha chatterjeeshe cited the saffron partys lack of initiative and sincerity to further the cause of west bengal as her reason for severing ties with the bjpchatterjee has been maintaining a distance from the bjp after it failed to unseat mamata banerjees government from powersevering all ties with the bjp the party for which i fought the last state elections reason being their lack of initiative and sincerity to further the cause of bengal chatterjee tweetedthe west bengal bjp however did not attach much importance to chatterjees decision and asserted that it would hardly impact the partyi really dont know whether she was with the party after the elections it wont have an impact on the party bjp state chief sukanta majumdar saidechoing him bjp leader tathagata roy who has been training his guns on the party top brass for the election debacle called chatterjees quitting the party a good riddanceroy had criticised the bjp for inducting people with no political background especially those from the entertainment world and fielding them in the assembly elections while ignoring loyal and trusted party workersgood riddance i dont recall if she had any meaningful contributions in all the days the former meghalaya and tripura governor saidchatterjee who was once close to west bengal chief minister mamata banerjee and the tmc joined the bjp in march this year she was fielded in the behala paschim seat where she was defeated by state minister partha chatterjee by over 50000 votesthe actor joins a long list of celebrities and leaders who have either quit the bjp or are maintaining a distance from the party after its defeat in the pollswatch after singer babul supriyo bengali actress srabanti chatterjee quits bjp