Rebati Das was an Indian National Congress politician from the state of Assam. She was a former Member of Assam Legislative Assembly for Jalukbari. She was the mother of finance minister

Ajanta Neog Ajanta Neog (born in 1964) is an Indian politician who is currently the Finance and Social Welfare Minister in the Government of Assam. She is the first woman Finance Minister of Assam. She has been representing the Golaghat Assembly seat conse ...

and mother in law of ex-minister

Nagen Neog Nagen Neog (died 6 May 1996) was an Indian politician from the state of Assam. He served as Member of Assam Legislative Assembly for Golgahat and as Rural Development Minister in the Hiteswar Saikia Cabinet until his assassination. He was the hu ...

Political career

Das was the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

candidate for

Jalukbari Jalukbari is a locality in Guwahati, Assam, India, located between National Highway 31 and National Highway 37. Education Gauhati University, Assam Engineering College, Government Ayurvedic College, Jalukbari Sanskrit School are some of the e ...

in the

1972 Assam Legislative Assembly election Elections to the Assam Legislative Assembly were held in March 1972 to elect members of 114 constituencies in Assam, India. The Indian National Congress won the popular vote and a majority of seats and Sarat Chandra Singha was re-appointed as t ...

. She received 8809 votes, 38.35% of the total vote. She defeated her nearest independent opponent by 3045 votes. She sought reelection in the

1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election The 1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election was held to elect members for 126 assembly seats to constitute the seventh Assam Legislative Assembly. The Janata Party formed the first non-Congress government led by Golap Borbora with 53 seats on Ma ...

. She received 3550 votes, 8.67% of the total vote. She came third in the election and was succeeded by

Janata Party The Janata Party ( JP, lit. ''People's Party'') was a political party that was founded as an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the Emergency that was imposed between 1975 and 1977 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of the Indian Nati ...

candidate Lakshyadhar Choudhury.

References

Assam MLAs 1972–1978 Year of birth missing Place of birth missing Year of death missing Place of death missing Indian National Congress politicians from Assam {{Assam-INC-politician-stub