Trinamool Congress nominates Sushmita Dev to Rajya Sabha

Dev, who joined TMC recently, is expected to be one of the key architects to materialise Mamata Banerjee's expansion dreams in Tripura and Assam

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress has nominated Sushmita Dev to Rajya Sabha. She will be contesting for the seat vacated by senior leader Dr Manas Ranjan Bhunian, who is currently a minister in the West Bengal cabinet.

Trinamool Congress made the announcement through a tweet. The polls for the vacant Rajya Sabha seat from West Bengal will be conducted on October 4, 2021.

Dev also took to Twitter to thank Trinamool leadership for the nomination. She said that she will continue to work as per the ideology of the chief minister, Mamata Banerjee.

Dev, a former MP and ex-President of All India Mahila Congress, quit Congress last month and joined the Trinamool Congress. Her father was a Congress veteran and former Union minister, Late Santosh Kumar Dev.

Dev is expected to be one of the key architects to materialise Trinamool Congress's expansion dreams in Tripura and Assam.