Sushmita Dev
Sushmita Dev 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 (Lok [Sabha constituency)|Silchar], Assam in the 2014 Indian general election as a member of the Indian National Congress. She is the former president of All India Mahila Congress. She lost the 2019 Lok Sabha election to BJP candidate Rajdeep Roy, which led her to resign from Indian National Congress and join the All India Trinamool Congress in 2021.
She currently serves as the national spokesperson of the All India Trinamool Congress.
Early life
Dev is the daughter of 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.She holds a B.A. from Miranda House, Bar-at-Law, an LLB from University of Delhi. She enrolled at Inns of Courts School of Law, London and King's College London, UK.