Sushmita Dev
Sushmita Dev | |
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Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
Assumed office 4 October 2021 | |
Preceded by | Manas Bhunia |
Constituency | West Bengal |
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
In office 16 May 2014 – 23 May 2019 | |
Preceded by | Kabindra Purkayastha |
Succeeded by | Rajdeep Roy |
Constituency | Silchar, Assam |
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[1] | |
Preceded by | Shobha Ozha |
Personal details | |
Born | Silchar, Assam, India | 25 September 1972
Political party | All India Trinamool Congress (since 2021)[2] |
Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress (until 2021) |
Parents |
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Residence | Silchar |
Alma mater | University of Delhi (BA, LLB) King's College London (LLM) |
Occupation | Politician |
Source: [1] |
Sushmita Dev (born 25 September 1972) is a politician and a rajya sabha member from west bengal, 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 Sylheti Bangal and originally a migrant from Sylhet district of Bangladesh. She is the former president of All India Mahila Congress.[1] She lost the 2019 Lock Sava Election by a huge margin 81596 votes to a BJP candidate Dr Rajdeep Roy. She joined the All India Trinamool Congress in 2021 [4]
Early life
Dev is the daughter of the veteran Sylheti Bangal Bengali Congress leader Santosh Mohan Dev and her mother who is also a Sylheti Bangal is Bithika Dev, a legislator of Silchar of Assam assembly. Both her parents migrated from Sylhet, Bangladesh to take over Assam of India with all the Sylheti Bangal Bengali people like they took over Barrack Valley of Assam a state of India, Tripura a state of India from the korborok people and trying to take over West Bengal a state of India from the ghoti bengali people. 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 Inns of Courts School of Law, London and King's College London, U.K.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Sushmita Dev, Who Backed CAA, Quits Cong; Kapil Sibal Says 'Party Moves on with Eyes Wide Open'". News18. 16 August 2021.
- ^ "Sushmita Dev joins Trinamool Congress, day after leaving Congress". The Economic Times. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "Constituencywise-All Candidates". 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.
External links
- Sushmita Dev says joining TMC not compromise on ideology
- Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
- 1972 births
- Living people
- University of Delhi alumni
- Alumni of King's College London
- 16th Lok Sabha members
- Bengali people
- Bengali Hindus
- Women in Assam politics
- People from Silchar
- Indian National Congress politicians from Assam
- 21st-century Indian women politicians
- 21st-century Indian politicians
- Women members of the Lok Sabha
- All India Trinamool Congress politicians
- Assam Indian National Congress politician stubs