New Delhi: Former Congress leader Sushmita Dev said on Tuesday he joined the Trinamool Congress was “unconditional” and he would take any responsibility given to him by the party president and head of West Bengal Banerjee Mamata Banerjee.
Dev, who is the head of the congress women’s wing, joined TMC in front of the senior party leader Abhishek Banerjee and Derek O’Brien in Kolkata on Monday.
“I don’t think I have compromised my ideology in joining TMC …
joining the unconditional TMC and I will take any responsibility given to me by Mamata Banerjee,” Dev told reporters here.
The former national spokesman, Dev is a national spokesman for the old Grand Party and the Head of the Indian Mahila Congress.
He sent his resignation letter to the Chairman of Congress Sonia Gandhi, said the source, but did not offer reasons to stop.
“In 30 years in politics, I have not demanded anything from the High Command Congress,” Dev said.
Dev, who put aside the question of the reasons behind Stop Congress, said it was wrong to compare the leader of the Rahul Gandhi and Abhishek Banerjee and “ex”.
“We do not know what happened in the future.
You will see what Magic revealed when both (Rahul Gandhi and Abhishek Banerjee) come together, “he said.” I have a long relationship with the Congress and I have written everything about it in my resignation letter.
I got a lot of opportunities in Congress and I tried to do justice for all responsibilities.
Many people tried to call me, but I was not available.
On August 15, I gave a congress to my president of resignation, “he said.
Shower praise at Mamata Banerjee, Dev said, “I came to the TMC office for the first time.
Mamata in (Mamata Banerjee) is my idol, and thank you for receiving me to a party.” Under the leadership of Mamata Banerjee, I will make it His vision is stronger.
Mamata work in Bengal is very inspiring.
Some of the schemes of Bengal’s government are praised and the spirit of Battle of Banerjee Mamata is known as everyone.
My relationship with Mamata Banerjee is unfair.
Politics, we have a family ties, “he said.
While not Dev and TMC MP and national spokesman Derek O’Brien sat beside him through a briefing that described what his role in the party, the source showed that he would be given” big responsibility “in Assam and Tripura where TMC spread its wings.
Sources say Dev is not happy with the High Command Congress for some problems, including the citizenship law (amendment), which has been supported against the party’s attitude.
Dev, who won the Silchar seat in Assam in 2014, Lost in 2019.
Silchar, Bengali dominated regions supported CAA and after its enactment in 2019, but the congressional holder against it virtually sealed his fate.
The source also indicated that Dev was annoyed with the handling of the CAA problem in the region by Congress.
“Sushmita Dev has never spoken against the Constitution or human rights, “he said when asked about CAA.
O’Brien, who was asked whether TMC breaking / hunting from Congress said the party did not believe in such tactics.
“If there are talented people who have a similar vision and they reach us, we welcome them,” he said.
In the future strategy for Assam, party leaders said, “Plans for Assam, Tripura or the rest of the state will be revealed in September.” Commenting on the impact of Dev who joined TMC on the Opposition Association, said Rajya Sabha MP said on August 20, Sonia Gandhi had held a meeting and “reconfirm” that Mamata Banerjee will be present.
“In parliament, you have seen opposition work together.
Everyone among them has different relationships but our goals are the same,” he said.