India, May 4 -- Ajanta Neog is currently serving as the Minister of Finance and Women & Child Development in the Government of Assam. She is the first woman Finance Minister of Assam and has been representing the Golaghat Assembly seat consecutively for the past five terms since 2001.

Ajanta Neog is contesting from the Golaghat constituency in the 2026 Assembly elections, aiming to extend her long-standing winning streak in a seat she has represented for over two decades.

Ajanta Neog was born in Guwahati, Assam, in 1964 to Sasadhar Das and Rebati Das. Her mother, Rebati Das, served as a member of the Assam Legislative Assembly representing the Jalukbari constituency. Ajanta is a highly educated leader with a degree in MA, LLB, and LLM f...