Overview
- Eleven members submitted resignations that were lodged with General Secretary Upasana Singh, with eight named as elected executive committee members in a joint letter published Monday, August 10.
- The resigning members accused President Poonam Dhillon and Senior Vice‑President Padmini Kolhapure of concentrating decision making, issuing official communications from personal accounts, and using privately hired lawyers presented as the association’s counsel.
- Dhillon and Kolhapure have defended their actions, saying they raised funds for member welfare and that the committee still has a working majority after new members were inducted from the next‑in‑line vote counts.
- CINTAA’s legal counsel publicly rejected claims that the executive committee is dissolved, citing the constitution’s threshold for dissolution and saying vacancies were filled according to the election count.
- The dispute affects member services and representation for actors and may move to the federation, the registrar or the courts as parties press competing constitutional readings and seek fresh elections.