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Indian politician

Sushmita Dev


Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from West Bengal
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 April 2024
Preceded by	Dr. Santanu Sen
In office 4 October 2021 – 18 August 2023
Preceded by	Manas Bhunia
Succeeded by	Samirul Islam
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Assam
In office 16 May 2014 – 23 May 2019
Preceded by	Kabindra Purkayastha
Succeeded by	Rajdeep Roy
Constituency	Silchar
Member of Assam Legislative Assembly
In office May 2011 – 16 May 2014
Preceded by	Bhitika Dev
Succeeded by	Dilip Kumar Paul
Constituency	Silchar
President of All India Mahila Congress
In office 9 September 2017 – 16 August 2021
President	Rahul Gandhi Sonia Gandhi
Preceded by	Shobha Ozha

Personal details
Born	(1972-09-25) 25 September 1972 (age 52) Silchar, Assam, India
Political party	Trinamool Congress (since 2021)
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress (before 2021)
Parents	Santosh Mohan Dev (father) Bithika Dev (mother)
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. 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 to 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 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.

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.

References

^ "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.
"Sushmita Dev joins Trinamool Congress, day after leaving Congress". The Economic Times. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
"Constituencywise-All Candidates". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
"Team Rahul loses another: Assam face Sushmita Dev goes to TMC". The Indian Express. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
Kangkan Kalita (16 August 2021). "Sushmita Dev may play key role for Trinamool in Northeast". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
"Sushmita Dev Lok Sabha Profile". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 17 August 2021.

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Members of the 16th Lok Sabha from Northeast states

GE 2014

Arunachal Pradesh	Kiren Rijiju Ninong Ering
Assam	Biren Singh Engti Sirajuddin Ajmal Badruddin Ajmal Rameswar Teli Bijoya Chakravarty Kamakhya Prasad Tasa Gaurav Gogoi Radheshyam Biswas Naba Kumar Sarania Sarbananda Sonowal Ramen Deka Rajen Gohain Sushmita Dev Ram Prasad Sarmah
Manipur	Thokchom Meinya Thangso Baite
Meghalaya	Vincent Pala P. A. Sangma
Mizoram	C. L. Ruala
Nagaland	Neiphiu Rio
Sikkim	Prem Das Rai
Tripura	Jitendra Chaudhury Sankar Prasad Datta

Bye-elections
2016

Meghalaya	Conrad Sangma Pre-bye poll: P. A. Sangma - death
Assam	Pradan Baruah Pre-bye poll: Sarbananda Sonowal - resigned

15th LS members

17th LS members Members of the 16th Lok Sabha from

States: AP; AR; AS; BR; CT; GA; GJ; HR; HP; JH; KA; KL; MP; MH; ML; MN; MZ; NL; OR; PB; RJ; SK; TG; TN; TR; UP; UT; WB

Union territories: AN; CH; DH; DL; JK; LA; LD; PY

v t e All India Mahila Congress
Pradesh Mahila Congress Committees (PMCC, TMCC & RMCC)	Andaman and Nicobar TMCC Andhra Pradesh PMCC Arunachal Pradesh PMCC Assam PMCC Bihar PMCC Chandigarh TMCC Chhattisgarh PMCC Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu TMCC Delhi PMCC Goa PMCC Gujarat PMCC Haryana PMCC Himachal Pradesh PMCC Jammu and Kashmir PMCC Jharkhand PMCC Karnataka PMCC Kerala PMCC Ladakh TMCC Lakshadweep PMCC Madhya Pradesh PMCC Maharashtra PMCC Manipur PMCC Meghalaya PMCC Mizoram PMCC Mumbai RMCC Nagaland PMCC Odisha PMCC Puducherry PMCC Punjab PMCC Rajasthan PMCC Sikkim PMCC Tamil Nadu PMCC Telangana PMCC Tripura PMCC Uttarakhand PMCC Uttar Pradesh PMCC West Bengal PMCC
Presidents	Begum Abida Ahmed (1983–1988) Jayanti Patnaik (1988–1990) Kumudben Joshi (1990–1993) Girija Vyas (1993–1998) Ambika Soni (1998–1999) Chandresh Kumari (1999-2003) Rita Bahuguna Joshi (2003–2008) Prabha Thakur (2008–2011) Anita Verma (2011–2013) Shobha Thomas Oza (2013–2017) Sushmita Dev (2017–present)
Current General Secretaries	Dr. Shobhna Shah Neetu Verma Soin (Organisation) Chitra Sarwara (Social Media) Aditi Singh (Priyadarshini) Apsara Reddy (Communication) Netta D’Souza Nagma Morarji S. Vijayadharni Anupama Rawat Janet D’souza Bismita Gogoi Onika Mehrotra Mamta Bhupesh Sharda Rathore Danasari Anasuya Seethakka Shamina Shafiq Sowmya Reddy Parminder Kaur
Current National Secretaries	Hazeena Syed Lhingkim H. Shingnaisu Chayanika Uniyal Panda Fathima Rosna Sandhya Sawalakhe Deborah C Marak Bhavna Jain Deepika Pandey Singh Jurry Sharma Bordoloi Sunita Sehrawat Akanksha Ola Nandita Hooda Jyoti Rautela Chaman Farzana Lata J Bhatia R. Sudha Manju Tiwari
Current National Coordinators	Kaminaba Bhupendrasinh Rathod Kittu Grewal Anju Jaiswal Susie V Shah (Legal Cell) Pratima Kumari Das Dr. Pratishtha Singh (Organised & Unorganised) Noori Khan Ranjeeta Mehta Vidya Negi Dr. Seema Fernandes
Current Social Media Coordinators	Nattasha Shharma Lavanya Ballal Chitra Batham Jury Sharma Bordloi Dr Pooja Tripathi
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