Mumbai: Sushmita Dev, who had resigned from the Congress earlier in the day, joined the Trinamool Congress on Monday. Welcoming Dev, the TMC also shared pictures of her with senior party leaders Abhishek Banerjee and Derek O’Brien in Kolkata.
Inducting Dev into the party, TMC tweeted, “We warmly welcome the former President of All India Mahila Congress Sushmita Dev to our Trinamool family!”
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The resignation of Dev, the daughter of seven-time MP Santosh Mohan Dev and considered the face of the Congress in the Bengali-speaking Barak Valley of Assam, is a major setback for the Congress.
In a letter to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, Dev did not mention why she was resigning but said that she cherished her “three-decade-long association” with the party.
“May I take this opportunity to thank the party, all its leaders, members, and workers who have been a part of my memorable journey,” Dev wrote in the letter, expressing gratitude to Sonia Gandhi for her “guidance.”
She also changed her Twitter bio to a “former member of the party” and “former chief of the Mahila Congress” late last night.
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