Sushmita Dev, president of All India Mahila Congress, Monday, resigned from the party. In a letter to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, Sushmita Dev offered no reason behind her resignation but said that she was “beginning a new chapter of public service”.
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“I cherish my three-decade-long association with the Indian National Congress. 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.”
Dev has also changed her Twitter bio to a former member of the party and former chief of the Mahila Congress.
The daughter of seven-time parliamentarian Santosh Mohan Dev, Sushmita Dev was considered the face of the Congress in Assam’s largely Bengali-speaking Barak Valley.
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She had met the Congress president along with other leaders of the Assam Congress on Saturday. Her Twitter account was also temporarily blocked last week after she shared Rahul Gandhi’s picture with the parents of the nine-year-old victim of alleged rape and murder in Delhi.
Reacting to Dev’s resignation, party leader Kapil Sibal tweeted: “Sushmita Dev. Resigns from primary membership of our Party. While young leaders leave we ‘oldies’ are blamed for our efforts to strengthen it. The Party moves on with : Eyes Wide Shut.”
Source: Indian Express
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