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 and mother in law of ex-minister Nagen Neog.

Political career

Das was the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

candidate for

Jalukbari Jalukbari is a locality in Guwahati, Assam, India, located between National Highway 31 (India), National Highway 31 and National Highway 37 (India), National Highway 37. Education Gauhati University, Assam Engineering College, Assam Science ...

in the 1972 Assam Legislative Assembly election. 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 on February 25 1978. The Janata Party formed the first non-Congress government led by Golap Borbor ...

. 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, ) is an unrecognised political party in India. Navneet Chaturvedi is the current president of the party since November 2021, replacing Jaiprakash Bandhu. The JP was established as an amalgam of Indian political partie ...

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 Women members of the Assam Legislative Assembly {{Assam-INC-politician-stub