Sushmita Dev joins TMC, Sibal targets Congress Bosses

Sushmita Dev left the Congress party on Monday  morning and joined the TMC in the after noon , the same day. Ms Dev met with senior Trinamool leaders including Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee and Derek O'Brien before formally joining the party. “Will give it all I have got…,” she tweeted, thanking Mamata Banerjee

Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala told reporters in New Delhi that “I tried speaking with Sushmita Dev, her phone was off She was a dedicated Congress worker and perhaps is, even today. Congress President Sonia Gandhi has not received any letter from her. She's mature enough to take her decisions, I can't comment until I speak with her.” Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal called  Ms Dev's exit from the party an unfortunate incidence. Her resignation drew a stinging, public attack on the party's leadership."The party moves on with Eyes Wide Shut," wrote the former Union Minister in a post on Twitter.

Sushmita Dev

Resigns from primary membership of our Party

While young leaders leave we ‘oldies’ are blamed for our efforts to strengthen it

The Party moves on with :

Eyes Wide Shut

— Kapil Sibal (@KapilSibal) August 16, 2021

Another leader, Manish Tewari tweeted: "If this is true it is most unfortunate. Why sushmitadevinc?

If this is true it is most unfortunate

Why @sushmitadevinc ?
Your erstwhile colleagues & friends especially the person who was National President of @nsui when you contested your first @DUSUofficial elections back in 1991 deserve a better explanation than this laconic letter? pic.twitter.com/0thBTVFCmY

— Manish Tewari (@ManishTewari) August 16, 2021

Some opposition leaders suggested that a reboot of the Congress is necessary and that could only happen if the party was "freed from the clutches of the Gandhis' leadership".