Sushmita Dev | |
Office: | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from West Bengal |
Term Start: | 3 April 2024 |
Predecessor: | Dr. Santanu Sen |
Term Start1: | 4 October 2021 |
Term End1: | 18 August 2023 |
Predecessor1: | Manas Bhunia |
Successor1: | Samirul Islam |
Term Start2: | 16 May 2014 |
Term End2: | 23 May 2019 |
Constituency2: | Silchar |
Predecessor2: | Kabindra Purkayastha |
Successor2: | Rajdeep Roy |
Office3: | Member of Assam Legislative Assembly |
Term Start3: | May 2011 |
Term End3: | 16 May 2014 |
Predecessor3: | Bhitika Dev |
Successor3: | Dilip Kumar Paul |
Constituency3: | Silchar |
Office4: | President of All India Mahila Congress |
President4: | Rahul Gandhi Sonia Gandhi |
Predecessor4: | Shobha Ozha |
Term Start4: | 9 September 2017 |
Term End4: | 16 August 2021[1] |
Party: | Trinamool Congress (since 2021)[2] |
Birth Date: | 25 September 1972 |
Birth Place: | Silchar, Assam, India |
Residence: | Silchar (personal) New Delhi, Kolkata (party) |
Alma Mater: | University of Delhi (BA, LLB) King's College London (LLM) |
Occupation: | Politician |
Otherparty: | Indian National Congress (before 2021) |
Father: | Santosh Mohan Dev |
Mother: | Bithika Dev |
Source: | http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4784&lastls=16 |
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.[3] She is the former president of All India Mahila Congress.[1] 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.[4]
She currently serves as the national spokesperson of the All India Trinamool Congress.
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.[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 at Inns of Courts School of Law, London and King's College London, UK.[6]