NE UpdatesBarak UpdatesHappeningsBreaking News
Sushmita Dev has not resigned from Congress, says APCC
March 6: On Saturday afternoon, a news became viral in television channels, web portals and social media that Sushmita Dev, President of All India Mahila Congress has resigned from the party owing to differences of opinion with her party colleagues on the issue of selection of party candidates for the upcoming Assembly Elections, 2021. The news spread like wild fire that Ms Dev was on her way from Guwahati to Delhi in order to meet Sonia Gandhi. However, the Congress party soon came up with a clarification that Sushmita Dev has not resigned from the Congress party.
In a press release issued by Bobbeeta Sharma, Chairperson, Media Department, Assam Pradesh Congress Committee it was stated that, “It has been brought to the notice of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee that speculative news about resignation of President, India Mahila Congress Ms Sushmita Dev is doing the rounds on television and web portals. We want to make it clear that Ms Sushmita Dev has not resigned from party.”