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

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

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

A journey of 25 yrs comes to a conclusion today. My resignation letter. @JPNadda @annamalai_k @BJP4India @BJP4TamilNadu pic.twitter.com/NzHCkIzEfD

— Gautami Tadimalla (@gautamitads) October 23, 2023

Tadimalla alleges ‘lack of support’ from party leaders

“I am at the 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,” Tadimalla’s resignation letter read. 

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

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