NEW DELHI: Exodus from the Congress continued with Mahila Congress chief Sushmita Dev on Monday quitting the party saying she was set to begin a new journey in her public life.
In a letter to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, Sushmita said, “Please treat this as my resignation letter.”
She sought Sonia’s good wishes for the future.
With this development, Sushmita ended a three-decade-long career with the Congress.
During this time she represented Silchar in Assam in the Lok Sabha twice.
Her resignation comes days after Twitter had suspended her account among that of many other Congress leaders for retweeting allegedly unlawful tweets by Rahul Gandhi who had posted pictures of the family of a minor victim of the alleged rape and murder.
Sushmita is said to be in talks with the TMC to help the party as it expands in Assam and Tripura.
Sushmita’s father, late Santosh Mohan Dev, was a formidable leader of the Congress from the Barack Valley.
Sushmita, 48, might also get a Rajya Sabha seat from the TMC.
For the Congress, this is a huge setback as it continues to lose young leaders to other parties.
Only recently, former AICC in charge of Bengal Jitin Prasad had joined the BJP.
Earlier, Jyotiraditya Scindia had quit the Congress for the BJP.
Sushmita also changed her Twitter profile description to former INC member and former president, Mahila Congress.