Sushmita Dev
Member's Name: Dev, Ms. Sushmita
Constituency: West Bengal
Sushmita Dev
Born/Date of Birthday: 25 September 1972
Place of Birth: Silchar, Distt. Cachar, Assam, India
Political party: All India Trinamool Congress (since 2021)
Other political affiliations: Indian National Congress (until 2021)
Educational Qualification: B.A. (Hons.), Bar-at-Law, LL.M. (Corporate and Commercial Laws) Educated at Miranda House, Delhi University; Thames Valley University, London; Inns of Courts School of Law, London; and Kings College, London University, U.K.
Profession: Barrister (Lawyer), Politician
Marital Status: Unmarried
Parents: Late Shri Sontosh Mohan Dev, Shrimati Bithika Dev
Grandparents: Hiron Prova Dev, Satindra Mohan Dev
Permanent Address: H/No. 68, Kali Mohan Road, S.M. Dev Road, Silchar, District - Cachar, Assam 788003 Tel.- 03842-234255
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. She is the former president of All India Mahila Congress. She lost the 2019 Lok Sabha Election by a huge margin to BJP candidate Rajdeep Roy, which led her to resign from Indian National Congress and to join the All India Trinamool Congress in 2021.
Early life
Dev is the daughter of the 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.
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, U.K.
