India, June 10 -- Former Rajya Sabha MP Sushmita Dev on Wednesday met Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, hours after she resigned from the Trinamool Congress. Dev, who was the Rajya Sabha MP from West Bengal, resigned both from the party and as a Member of Parliament earlier today, in another jolt to the TMC. After her resignation, pictures of her meeting with BJP leader Sarma in Delhi surfaced.

Revealing why she met the Assam CM, Dev, who was also the national spokesperson for TMC, said that she wants to continue her political career in Assam. She added that she had met Sarma after she resigned from the party and as the member of the House.

"When I resigned from the party in the morning, I had to also leave the Rajya Sabha seat ...