Dr. Alaka Desai Sarma (mostly known as Alaka Sarma) is a two-time MLA from the Nalbari constituency of

Assam Legislative assembly The Assam Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Assam. It is housed in Guwahati, the capital city of Assam, geographically situated in present Western Assam region. The Legislative Assembly comprises 126 Me ...

, and a woman activist, who joined

Asom Gana Parishad Asom Gana Parishad (translation: ''Assam People's Council'', AGP) is a state political party in Assam, India. The AGP was formed after the historic Assam Accord of 1985 and formally launched at the Golaghat Convention held from 13–14 Octobe ...

after her husband's death. Sarma first won the by-poll following the death of then MLA Nagen Sarma of the Nalbari constituency in 2000 for a period of 1 year. In 2001, Sarma lost to

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 Madan Kalita. In 2006, Sarma won the Assam Legislative assembly election from the Nalbari constituency. In 2019, Sarma was appointed Commissioner of 'Parents Responsibility and Norms for Accountability and Monitoring (PRANAM) Commission' by the

Assam government The Government of Assam is the subnational government of Assam, a state of India. It consists of the Governor appointed by the President of India as the head of the state, currently Jagdish Mukhi. The head of government is the Chief Minister, ...

. Dr. Alaka Sarma was the wife of the former Assam PWD minister Nagen Sarma, who was assassinated by

ULFA The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) (Assamese: সংযুক্ত মুক্তি বাহিনী, অসম) is an armed separatist organisation operating in the Northeast Indian state of Assam. It seeks to establish an indep ...

on 27 February 2000.

Footnotes

* Assam Legislative Assembly election, 2006 : Nalbari

References

Asom Gana Parishad politicians People from Nalbari district Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Assam MLAs 1996–2001 Assam MLAs 2006–2011 {{Assam-politician-stub