TMC may ask Sushmita Dev to lead party's Assam unit: Sources

Trinamool Congress may ask its newly inducted member Sushmita Devi to lead the party unit in Assam, after Akhil Gogoi appeared non-committal.

The Trinamool Congress is likely to consider Sushmita Devi, who joined the All India Trinamool Congress on Monday afternoon after quitting the Congress, to lead the party in Assam after state MLA Akhil Gogoi remained non-committal, sources said to India Today. We warmly welcome the former President of All India Mahila Congress @sushmitadevinc to our Trinamool family!Inspired by @MamataOfficial, she joins us today in the presence of our National General Secretary @abhishekaitc & Parliamentary Party Leader, Rajya Sabha, @derekobrienmp. pic.twitter.com/JXyMJLIf52 Earlier, talks were held with the Raijor Dal founder, Gogoi, who met TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Saturday, and was reportedly offered to lead the party in Assam. However, sources said that the TMC feels that Gogoi is too hardline with his connection to the ultra-left.