The 17-member governing council of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA), including its first woman president Shweta Menon, stepped down at the general body meeting of the outfit on Sunday, following severe infighting and allegations of financial mismanagement. Malayalam film actors body AMMA governing council resigns after infighting Menon also resigned from primary membership of the actors’ body, citing an “agenda to remove us from our positions”. The abrupt move comes less than a year after Menon and Kukku Parameswaran were elected president and general secretary respectively of AMMA, the first time women occupied the top two posts of the influential actors’ body. The governing council’s resignation came after a section of the outfit’s members moved a no-confidence motion against it, alleging failure to maintain proper financial accounting and to ensure the smooth running of day-to-day affairs. Menon-led council declared that it was stepping down before the motion could be moved, members said. Actor Jagadish, a member of the governing body, told reporters that there were organisational lapses on the part of the existing …