Congress leader Sushmita Dev quits party; likely to join Trinamool Congress today in Kolkata

NEW DELHI: Assam Congress leader Sushmita Dev has resigned from the party. In a letter to the Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Sunday, the former party MP from Silchar did not give any specific reason for her sudden move.
According to reports, Dev is likely to join Trinamool Congress party today in the presence of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and senior party leader Abhishek Banerjee.

On Monday morning. she changed her twitter bio to "Former Member, Indian National Congress" indicating that she has ended her over three decade association with the grand old party.

Congress MP Ripun Bora urged Dev to reconsider her decision and discuss her issues with the party top leaders.
"Sushmita Dev was a dedicated Congress leader, never thought she would take such a decision. We were like family. If she had anything against the party, she should have discussed it. I request her to reconsider her decision & withdraw resignation," said Bora.
Dev, daughter of seven-time MP Santosh Mohan Dev, is likely to be portrayed as TMC's face in the state.
Sushmita was among the Congress leaders whose twitter handle was suspended recently.
The microblogging site had blocked twitter accounts of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other handles related to the Congress party for posting a photograph of the parents of a nine-year-old girl who was allegedly raped and murdered in Delhi.