Minutes after resigning as Rajya Sabha MP and quitting TMC, Sushmita Dev on Wednesday met Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma in New Delhi. Talking to media Ms Dev accepted that 'I am impressed with the developmemt work of the BJP. I have never seen during my 30 years of political carrier, the infrastructure has been developed in Assam." She said said her decision was both personal and political. Emphasising that her political future lies in Assam, the former TMC leader acknowledged meeting Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and praised the BJP government's infrastructure push in the state, particularly in the Barak Valley. Providing the reason for her resignation from the party, Dev said she did not want to be in “two boats”, but refused to elaborate further, calling it a “long story.”
VIDEO | Delhi: “I have resigned from party and Rajya Sabha, met CM Himanta Biswa Sarma as his work inspires me and I want to do politics in Assam”, says Sushmita Dev after her resignation from TMC.
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Dev, a former Congress leader who had joined the TMC a few years ago, met Rajya Sabha chairman C P Radhakrishnan and resigned from the membership of the House.

She is the second MP of the TMC to resign this week. Earlier, Sukhendu Sekhar Ray had tendered his resignation from the party as well as the Rajya Sabha.
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