{{short description|Indian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Sushmita Dev | image = Sushmita Dev (cropped).jpg | office = Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha<br/> 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 | office2 = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha<br/> from Assam | 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 = 13 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<br/>Sonia Gandhi | predecessor4 = Shobha Ozha | term_start4 = 9 September 2017 | term_end4 = 16 August 2021<ref name="termend3">{{Cite news|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/sushmita-dev-quits-congress-changes-twitter-bio-to-partys-former-leader-4090232.html|title=Sushmita Dev, Who Backed CAA, Quits Cong; Kapil Sibal Says 'Party Moves on with Eyes Wide Open'|date=16 August 2021|work=News18|access-date=13 May 2022}}</ref> | party = Trinamool Congress (since 2021)<ref>{{cite news | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/sushmita-dev-joins-trinamool-congress-soon-after-leaving-congress/articleshow/85366624.cms | title=Sushmita Dev joins Trinamool Congress, day after leaving Congress | newspaper=The Economic Times | date=16 August 2021 | accessdate=17 August 2021}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|9|25|df=y}} | birth_place = Silchar, Assam, India | alma_mater = University of Delhi (BA, LLB)<br />King's College London (LLM) | occupation = Politician | other_party = 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Constituencywise-All Candidates|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS032.htm?ac=2|website=Election Commission of India|accessdate=17 May 2014}}</ref> She is the former president of All India Mahila Congress.<ref name="termend3"/> She lost the 2019 Lok Sabha election to BJP candidate Rajdeep Roy, which led her to resign from Indian National Congress and join the All India Trinamool Congress in 2021.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/sushmita-dev-quits-congress-7455812/ | title=Team Rahul loses another: Assam face Sushmita Dev goes to TMC | publisher=The Indian Express | date=17 August 2021 | accessdate=17 August 2021}}</ref>
She currently serves as the national spokesperson of the All India Trinamool Congress.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}
== Early life == Dev is the daughter of 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.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/sushmita-dev-may-play-key-role-for-trinamool-in-northeast/articleshow/85378055.cms | title=Sushmita Dev may play key role for Trinamool in Northeast | work=The Times of India | date=16 August 2021 | accessdate=17 August 2021 | author=Kangkan Kalita}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4784&lastls=16 | title=Sushmita Dev Lok Sabha Profile | publisher=Lok Sabha | accessdate=17 August 2021}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://www.insidene.com/sushmita-dev-joining-tmc-not-compromise-ideology/ Sushmita Dev says joining TMC not compromise on ideology] *[http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4784&lastls=16 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website] {{16th LS members from Northeast states |state=expanded}} {{All India Mahila Congress}}
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