Sushmita Dev
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Sushmita Dev, Sukhendu Sekhar, Prakash Baraik: 3 ex-TMC MPs get BJP ticket for Rajya Sabha bypoll
West Bengal | Jul 09, 2026, 09:47 PM ISTThe announcement came just a short while after the three former TMC MPs joined the BJP in West Bengal. The Rajya Sabha bypoll in the state will be July 24.
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TMC MP Sushmita Dev resigns from Rajya Sabha, meets Himanta in yet another setback for Mamata
India | Jun 10, 2026, 04:14 PM ISTSushmita becomes the second TMC MP to resign from the Rajya Sabha after Sukhendu Shekhar Roy. The party has also suffered a major blow in the Parliament after 20 of its 28 Lok Sabha MPs rebelled and supported the ruling NDA.
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TMC names Sagarika Ghose, Sushmita Dev and two others for Rajya Sabha polls
West Bengal | Feb 11, 2024, 09:46 PM ISTThe elections are scheduled to take place on February 27, with the votes being counted on the same day. The term of office for 56 members is set to expire upon their retirement in April 2024.
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Opposition protest in Parliament: We will eat, sleep here but... says suspended TMC MP Sushmita Dev
India | Jul 27, 2022, 03:49 PM ISTOpposition protest at Parliament: Of the 19 MPs suspended from Rajya Sabha, seven belong to the Trinamool Congress, six are from the DMK, three from the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), two from the Communist Party of India (Marxist), and one from the Communist Party of India (CPI).
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Monsoon Session: 19 Oppn Rajya Sabha MPs including TMC's Sushmita Dev, Dola Sen suspended
India | Jul 26, 2022, 03:13 PM ISTMonsoon Session: TMC MPs Sushmita Dev, Dr Santanu Sen and Dola Sen among other Rajya Sabha MPs suspended for remaining part of the week for "misconduct" by entering well of the House and sloganeering.
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TMC MP Sushmita Dev's car attacked in Tripura, party blames BJP
India | Oct 25, 2021, 07:52 PM ISTSushmita Dev, who is overseeing TMC's activities in Tripura alleged that the BJP workers were responsible for the attack.
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EXCLUSIVE: Opposition leaders have every right to visit Lakhimpur Kheri, says TMC's Sushmita Dev
News | Oct 07, 2021, 05:23 PM ISTTrinamool Congress leader Sushmita Dev was one of the first leaders to reach Lakhimpur Kheri after the October 3 incident. Dev explains in detail what happened there.
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TMC's Sushmita Dev likely to be elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha as BJP may not field candidate
India | Sep 20, 2021, 03:54 PM ISTThe by-election to Rajya Sabha has been necessitated as TMC's Manas Bhunia quit the Rajya Sabha after winning the assembly election from Sabang in Paschim Medinipur.
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Sushmita Dev, former Congress leader who joined TMC, nominated to Rajya Sabha
India | Sep 14, 2021, 04:41 PM ISTMamata Banerjee's vision to empower women and ensure their maximum participation in politics shall help our society to achieve much more, TMC said as it nominated Sushmita Dev for the Rajya Sabha seat.
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My joining TMC unconditional; will take any responsibility given by Mamata Banerjee: Sushmita Dev
India | Aug 17, 2021, 03:36 PM ISTSushmita Dev, who was the chief of the women's wing of the Congress, joined the TMC in the presence of senior party leaders Abhishek Banerjee and Derek O'Brien in Kolkata on Monday.
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Former Congress leader Sushmita Dev joins TMC hours after quitting party
India | Aug 16, 2021, 03:37 PM ISTSushmita Dev, who had been serving as the All-India Mahila Congress chief, sent her resignation to party chief Sonia Gandhi late on Sunday.
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Kapil Sibal on Sushmita Dev's resignation: '...we oldies are blamed for efforts to strengthen party'
India | Aug 16, 2021, 12:07 PM ISTKapil Sibal, a member of the 'Group of 23' leaders who had written to Congress president Sonia Gandhi seeking organisational overhaul, has been demanding that the party be strengthened.
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Congress leader Sushmita Dev quits party, may join Mamata Banerjee's TMC
India | Aug 16, 2021, 12:08 PM ISTCongress women's wing president and former MP Sushmita Dev has resigned from the party. Dev sent her resignation letter to Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi.
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Congress alleges Twitter handles of senior leaders locked
News | Aug 12, 2021, 10:40 AM ISTThe Congress party has said Twitter handles of some of its leaders were locked and accused the micro-blogging site of working at the behest of the ruling BJP government.
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Assam Polls: Sushmita Dev unhappy with Congress' seat sharing agreement with AIUDF
Politics | Mar 06, 2021, 02:00 PM ISTCongress-led grand alliance in Assam has finalised its seat agreement among the allies including the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) and the Left parties.
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Congress to distribute 25 lakh sanitary pads amid COVID-19 crisis: Sushmita Dev
News | May 29, 2020, 05:02 PM ISTThe Congress has decided to distribute 25 lakh sanitary pads to women across the country as the COVID-19 lockdown has made the access to menstrual hygiene difficult, said Sushmita Dev, president of All India Mahila Congress.
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Poll code violation: Supreme Court to hear plea against PM Modi, Amit Shah
Apr 29, 2019, 11:39 AM ISTSenior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Sushmita Dev, alleged that PM Modi and Amit Shah violated the Model Code of Conduct and the Election Commission was not acting on her complaint.
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Lawmakers need gender sensitisation: Congress MP Sushmita Dev
National | Mar 08, 2018, 09:20 PM ISTDev said gender sensitisation is a challenge for all and it is an issue that needs to be addressed vis-a-vis the public representatives.
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Eager and excited, first-time MPs make their mark
National | Jul 20, 2014, 05:20 PM ISTNew Delhi: From poring over the rule book to shoring up their knowledge and participating in debates and discussions in the house, the 314 first-time MPs in the 545-member Lok Sabha are leaving no opportunities