Nandita Das from Boko(SC): Early Life, Controversy & Political Career

Name- Nandita Das

Political Party- Indian National Congress (INC)

Constituency- Boko (SC)

Early Life

Nandita Das was born on 23rd October 1969 to Late Kartic Chandra Das and Late Mira Bala Das. She is a resident of Barpara village in the Kamrup district of Assam. She got married to Bhabesh Chandra Das on 23rd January 1991 and is blessed with three sons. 

Education

She is BA pass from Handique Girl's College under Gauhati University in the year 1991. 

Career and Politics

Nandita Das is the sitting MLA from the Boko (SC) Assembly constituency. She is a member of the Indian National Congress. In the 2016 Assam Assembly election, she defeated her nearest rival Jyoti Prasad Das with a margin of 17,594 votes where she bagged 69,986 votes compared to Jyoti Prasad Das' 52,392 votes. The voter turnout for that year was 89.05 percent. 

Nandita Das will be re-contesting the 2021 Assam Assembly election from the Boko (SC) constituency on an INC (Congress) ticket. 

Assets

According to the nomination filed with the Election Commission of India, her and her spouse's moveable assets are worth Rs. 43.07 lakhs and Rs. 54.58 lakhs respectively and their immovable assets are worth Rs. 50 lakhs and Rs. 60 lakhs respectively.