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TMC crisis LIVE: Sushmita Dev’s Rajya Sabha, party exit adds to back-to-back jolts for Mamata Banerjee

TMC crisis LIVE: Sushmita Dev’s Rajya Sabha, party exit adds to back-to-back jolts for Mamata Banerjee

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Updated on: Jun 10, 2026 2:55:50 PM IST TMC crisis live updates: Ex-TMC leader Sushmita Dev meets Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma. TMC crisis live updates: Former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s struggle to stabilise her Trinamool Congress (TMC) and keep it intact seems to be not ending anytime soon with a fresh resignation in the Rajya Sabha – second this week – coming as the latest setback. Sushmita Dev resigned from Rajya Sabha on Wednesday and said she has left the TMC. This is the second major exit this week. “I have left Trinamool Congress,” Dev told reporters. “What prompted me to leave the party is a long story, and I don’t think that in politics everything should be revealed. It’s just that I don’t want to be in a situation where I am in two boats at the same time. The kind of upbringing I have had, I can’t stay in one party and serve the other.” She added, “I will not comment on Mamata Didi. That’s for sure.” She later met …

TMC’s Sushmita Dev resigns as Rajya Sabha MP in second jolt to Mamata, then meets Assam CM Sarma

TMC’s Sushmita Dev resigns as Rajya Sabha MP in second jolt to Mamata, then meets Assam CM Sarma

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Trinamool Congress leader Sushmita Dev on Wednesday resigned as Rajya Sabha MP, second such jolt for the Mamata Banerjee-led party this week after the resignation of veteran TMC leader Sukhendu Sekhar Ray from the membership of the Upper House. TMC leader Sushmita Dev at the Parliament House premises (ANI/File) Ray resigned as Rajya Sabha MP alleging “unbridled corruption” and “anarchical rule” of the party. Sushmita Dev is the former president of All India Mahila Congress and lost the 2019 Lok Sabha election to BJP candidate Rajdeep Roy, which led her to resign from the Congress party and her entry to the TMC in 2021. She also serves as the national spokesperson of TMC. After Sushmita Dev’s resignation, pictures from her meeting with Assam chief minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Himanta Biswa Sarma in Delhi surfaced. Mamata’s fight to keep TMC together TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee is facing the biggest challenge ever of keeping her party intact after losing the state to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the recently concluded assembly elections. In back-to-back internal …

‘Centre has a sight of things in Manipur but no vision … Budget could have been healing touch’: TMC MP Sushmita Dev | Political Pulse News

‘Centre has a sight of things in Manipur but no vision … Budget could have been healing touch’: TMC MP Sushmita Dev | Political Pulse News

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Terming the Manipur Budget presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as “run-of-the-mill”, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs walked out of the Rajya Sabha on Monday. In an interview, the party’s Rajya Sabha MP Sushmita Dev explains the decision and speaks about the prevailing situation in Manipur, the Nagpur violence and the duplicate EPIC card issue, among others. Excerpts: Why did you and your party colleagues walk out of the House? Story continues below this ad The Finance Minister’s answer was an eyewash. The Manipur Budget was run-of-the-mill and did not reflect the economy of the state, a crisis perpetuated by 22 months of violence and blockades. It was very disappointing for all of us in the Opposition. The Budget could have been a healing touch for Manipur but turned out to be ordinary. Manipur is under President’s Rule and efforts are being made to bring warring sides (Meiteis and Kuki-Zos) to the negotiating table. What do you think the government must do? President’s Rule is imposed under two or three circumstances. The first scenario is …