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Kapila Vatsyayan quits as Rajya Sabha MP

New Delhi, March 24 -- The 'office of profit' controversy snowballed Friday with Kapila Vatsyayan, chairperson of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, resigning as a member of the Rajya Sabha.

Vatsyayan, who was sworn in as Rajya Sabha MP only last week, sent her resignation letter to Rajya Sabha Chairman Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Friday.

This is the third resignation and the second from the Rajya Sabha, after Congress president Sonia Gandhi quit Lok Sabha Thursday.

Congress leader Karan Singh, who heads the Indian Council for Cultural Relations also followed Gandhi's action by putting in his papers Thursday from the Rajya Sabha.

Congress MP from north Mumbai Gurudas Kamat, who ...

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