Mahila Congress president Sushmita Dev quits party
The Hindu
The former Assam MP wrote to party chief Sonia Gandhi late on Sunday evening saying she wished to ‘begin a new chapter in my life of public service’.
Former Assam MP Sushmita Dev has quit as the president of the All India Mahila Congress as well as the primary membership of the party. In a letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi late on August 15 evening, she said she wished to “begin a new chapter in my life of public service” and would always cherish “my three decades-long association with the Indian National Congress”. She did not respond to calls or messages, but her Twitter handle shows her profile as a former member of Congress and former president of its women’s wing.
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