Sushmita Dev

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Sushmita Dev
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Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
from West Bengal
Assumed office
3 April 2024
Residence(s) Silchar (personal)
New Delhi, Kolkata (party)
Alma mater University of Delhi (BA, LLB)
King's College London (LLM)
Occupation Politician
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Sushmita Dev (born 25 September 1972) is an Indian politician and member of Rajya Sabha from West Bengal, and belongs to the All India Trinamool Congress. Previously, she was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Silchar, Assam in the 2014 Indian general election as a member of the Indian National Congress. [3] She is the former president of All India Mahila Congress. [1] She lost the 2019 Lok Sabha Election to BJP candidate Rajdeep Roy, which led her to resign from Indian National Congress and to join the All India Trinamool Congress in 2021. [4]

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She currently serves as the national spokesperson of the All India Trinamool Congress.[ citation needed ]

Early life

Dev is the daughter of the veteran Indian National Congress leader Santosh Mohan Dev and her mother is Bithika Dev, a legislator of Silchar of Assam assembly. Her father was a member of parliament and cabinet minister of India. [5]

She holds a B.A.(Hons.) from Miranda House, Bar-at-Law, an LLB (Corporate and Commercial Laws) from University of Delhi. She enrolled at Inns of Courts School of Law, London and King's College London, UK. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Sushmita Dev, Who Backed CAA, Quits Cong; Kapil Sibal Says 'Party Moves on with Eyes Wide Open'". News18. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "Sushmita Dev joins Trinamool Congress, day after leaving Congress". The Economic Times . 16 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Constituencywise-All Candidates". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Team Rahul loses another: Assam face Sushmita Dev goes to TMC". The Indian Express. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  5. ↑ Kangkan Kalita (16 August 2021). "Sushmita Dev may play key role for Trinamool in Northeast". The Times of India . Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  6. ↑ "Sushmita Dev Lok Sabha Profile". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 17 August 2021.


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