Actress Gautami resigns from Tamil Nadu BJP alleging corruption, support for man who duped her

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leer and Tamil superstar Kamal Haasan's former partner Gautami Timalla on Monday resigned from saffron party, alleging that party leers were helping a man who h allegedly duped her. Detailing her struggle for justice in her letter, actor-turned-politician expressed her dismay over what she described as a lack of support from party leership in face of a personal crisis.

Posting her resignation letter on X (formerly Twitter), Timalla wrote, “A journey of 25 years came to a conclusion today.” She tagged BJP President JP Nda and Tamil Nu party unit chief K Annamalai among ors in post.

A journey of 25 yrs comes to a conclusion today. My resignation letter. @JPNda @annamalai_k @BJP4India @BJP4TamilNu pic.twitter.com/NzHCkIzEfD

— Gautami Timalla (@gautamits)

Timalla alleges ‘lack of support’ from party leers

“I am at point where my daughter and I should have been settled, safe and secure, and yet I found to my horror that Mr C Alagappan has swindled me of my money, property and documents,” Timalla’s resignation letter re. 

"Mr Alagappan h approached me around 20 years ago seeing my vulnerability and isolation, as I was not only an orphan who h just lost both my parents, but also a single mor with an infant child. He insinuated himself and his family into my life under guise of a caring elder person,” her letter re, ding, “It was in this situation around 20 years ago that I entrusted him with sale and documents of several of my lands, and it was just recently that I discovered he h defrauded me of same; all while pretending to welcome me and my daughter as a part of his family.”

Gautami Timalla alleged a “complete lack of support” from her party, stating that several senior members of BJP have been “enabling Mr Alagappan in dodging justice and absconding since last 40 days even after FIRs have been filed”.

“I write this letter of resignation today in great pain and sorrow, but with very firm resolve. I am fighting for justice for myself and my child's future as a lone woman and a single parent,” she concluded.