SILCHAR: Former Silchar MP Sushmita Dev, who joined the Trinamool Congress three days ago, has expressed confidence that her joining the TMC will prove to be a ‘turning point’ in the politics of the northeast.
Addressing a gathering of party workers at Cachar Club here after returning to her hometown on Thursday, Sushmita said her joining the TMC is unconditional.
“I didn’t not seek anything from Mamatadi before joining the party led by her. I also didn’t want to know whether I would be given responsibility of Assam or Tripura or any other place in the country where the presence of TMC is the need of the hour. I don’t do such kind of politics. I simply wanted membership of Trinamool Congress from her. To speak the truth, I want to become the president of my party’s booth committee of my area in Silchar,” said the former president of All India Mahila Congress.
Sushmita, the scion of veteran Congress leader and seven-time MP Santosh Mohan Dev, stated that she had joined the party not for any instant benefit, but for long-term politics. “If I had to do politics for instant benefit, I could have joined BJP and contest any bypoll like some other people who over the months shifted political allegiance for instant gain. But I didn’t run after this. Understanding that people of the Barak Valley and Silchar in particular want change, I joined the TMC,” she added.
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