Wrong to compare Abhishek Banerjee with Rahul Gandhi: Sushmita Dev after joining TMC indiatoday.in - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from indiatoday.in Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A former Lok Sabha MP from Silchar, Sushmita Dev was a national spokesperson of the Congress and chief of the All-India Mahila Congress when she abruptly informed she was leaving the party.
New Delhi [India], August 16 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Manish Tewari on Monday termed former Congress MP Sushmita Dev's resignation from the party as "most unfortunate" and demanded a "better" explanation considering her long association with the party and party colleagues.
Former Congress MP Sushmita Dev met TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee at his Kolkata office on Monday. Earlier today, she quit from the grand old party. Dev's resignation is significant as she was one of the young crop of leaders being cultivated by Rahul Gandhi for future roles in the party. She was also a strong voice from the party in Parliament and was