Published on: November 02, 2021 at 09:35 IST
Minister of Finance in Government of Assam
NAME – Ajanta Neog
PROFESSION – Politician
BORN – 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH – Guwahati, Assam
FATHER’S NAME – Sasadhar Das
MOTHER’S NAME – Rebati Das
SPOUSE – Nagen Neog
SIBLINGS – N/A
CHILDREN – 2
EDUCATION –
M.A from Gauhati University
LL.B. and LL.M. from Gauhati University
POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS/PARTY- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
OFFICIAL WEBSITE – N/A
REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT- First Woman Finance Minister of Assam.
AWARDS – Golaghat Ratna award by the United Chambers of Commerce, Golaghat.
BACKGROUND – Ajanta Neog 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 consecutively for the past 5 terms since 2001. She also holds the record for being the longest serving female legislator from Assam. She joined BJP in December 2020.
Ajanta Neog is the daughter of Sasadhar Das and Rebati Das and was born in 1975.
She was married to Late Nagen Neog in 1995. Neog was introduced to politics by Tarun Gogoi after her husband Nagen Neog was killed in 1996 by the along with eight others by the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA). She is also a social worker. Her main hobbies are Reading, Gardening, Listening to Songs. Her special area of interest in social work is to work for weaker sections of the Society.
MAJOR INITIATIVES – She has immensely helped in the social upliftment of the weaker sections of society. She granted financial assistance to set up a pig farm, fishery, a new panchayat office at Mokrong GP, and a newly constructed foot over bridge.
CAREER TIMELINE/ POSITIONS HELD –
2001-2021 – MLA from Golaghat.
2006-2016 – Minister for the Public Works Department (Roads & Building, NH), Urban Development & Housing.
2021 – Minister of Finance.
CONTROVERSIES/CASES – After she resigned her post as a MLA, she was expelled from Indian National Congress for her alleged “anti-party” activities.