Eight elected members of the Cine and TV Artistes’ Affiliation (CINTAA)’s Government Committee resigned, saying they’d misplaced confidence in the way in which the physique was being run and wished recent elections. Hemant Pandey, Mukesh Rishi, Sahila Chadha, Hetal Parmar, Puneet Issar, Vindu Dara Singh, Vikas Verma and Deepak Parashar vacated their positions with fast impact.
In a joint letter, the members acknowledged that their resolution got here after what they described as repeated cases of collective decision-making, session and constitutional procedures not being adopted. Additionally they alleged that the affiliation’s functioning had steadily grow to be concentrated round CINTAA President Poonam Dhillon and Senior Vice President Padmini Kolhapure, together with another members of the manager committee.
“The President, Poonam Dhillon, has repeatedly taken unilateral selections, issued official communications via her ID to authorities officers and unilaterally determined communications to business our bodies. via the official CINTAA ID, and represented the Affiliation in public and with different authorities, quasi-judicial and business our bodies with out the data, session, and/or approval of the Government Committee, thereby nullifying the precept of collective accountability,” an excerpt from the letter learn.
The resigning members alleged that a number of key selections have been being made with out ample session with the Government Committee or its approval. Additionally they claimed that Poonam Dhillon and Padmini Kolhapure visited authorities workplaces accompanied by attorneys employed privately.
In keeping with the letter, these attorneys have been allegedly offered as CINTAA’s authorized representatives regardless of not having acquired the mandatory authorisation from the Government Committee. The members cited these allegations among the many causes behind their resolution to withdraw their help from the affiliation’s present functioning.
CINTAA Basic Secretary Upasana Singh instructed ANI that 11 members had resigned from the affiliation with eight elected representatives having submitted their resignations together with complaints detailing the explanations behind their resolution to step down.
“They’ve additionally submitted their complaints, stating that Padmini Kolhapure and Poonam Dhillon are misusing their positions,” she stated.
#WATCH | Mumbai, Maharashtra: On the resignation of CINTAA members, Cine and TV Artistes Affiliation (CINTAA) Basic Secretary Upasana Singh says, “Eleven of our members have resigned. Eight of them are elected members… They submitted their resignation to me. I used to be the Basic… pic.twitter.com/OG5VyKREF2
— ANI (@ANI) August 9, 2026
In the meantime, CINTAA’s counsel Advocate Suvigya Vidyarthi addressed the difficulty and clarified that the affiliation continues to stay useful and has not been dissolved.
“The model which has been circulating that the EC of CINTAA is dissolved is completely fallacious, misconceived and lacks any judicial sanctity. As per the Structure of CINTAA, the EC shall dissolve solely when greater than 50% of the elected members of the EC resign, which isn’t the case at hand. Additionally, as per the Structure, new members have been inducted of their place who have been subsequent in line by the voting rely,” Suvigya Vidyarthi stated in an announcement.
