The Trinamool Congress on Tuesday nominated former Lok Sabha MP Sushmita Dev to Rajya Sabha.
“Mamata Banerjee’s vision to empower women and ensure their maximum participation in politics shall help our society to achieve much more!” TMC said in a tweet.
We are extremely pleased to nominate @SushmitaDevAITC to the Upper House of the Parliament.@MamataOfficial‘s vision to empower women and ensure their maximum participation in politics shall help our society to achieve much more!
— All India Trinamool Congress (@AITCofficial) September 14, 2021
Sushmita Dev, who resigned from the Congress party, had joined the All India Trinamool Congress on August 16.
Sushmita Dev is the daughter of Assam Congress stalwart and influential Bengali leader late Santosh Mohan Dev.
Earlier, she had been elected as an MP from the Silchar seat, a stronghold of her father, on Congress ticket.