Dev joined TMC in August this year. She is the former Member of Parliament from Assam’s Silchar constituency. At the time of joining TMC, she had said that she is “beginning a new chapter of public service”.

Sushmita Dev had earlier said that her joining TMC comes without conditions. She said that she will take any responsibility given to her by the party president and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

No specific reason for her departure as been stated. Dev stated that she is “beginning a new chapter of public service”.

Notably, Sushmita Dev was in the news after her Twitter account was recently suspended over a post showing images of the parents of a nine-year-old girl who was allegedly raped and murdered in Delhi.

Sushmita Dev Quits Congress: Former Member of the Parliament Sushmita Dev quit Congress Party today, following which she changed her Twitter bio and reportedly exited the party’s WhatsApp group as well. Dev was also the president of All Indian Mahila Congress Morcha. Dev sent her resignation letter to party chief Sonia Gandhi, citing no specific […]