| Office | Member of the 11th Lok Sabha for Kanker
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|---|---|
| Term start | 1996 |
| Term end | 1998 |
| Predecessor | Arvind Netam |
| Successor | Sohan Potai
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| Born | 1948-5-22 (age 78) |
| Born | Bhaismundi, Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, India
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| Political party | Indian National Congress
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Chhabila Arvind Netam (born 22 May 1948) is an Indian National Congress politician and member of the 11th Lok Sabha from the Kanker reserved constituency.[1]
Early life
Chhabila was born on 22 May 1948 in Bhaismundi village of Bastar district and did her matriculation from a local government school.[2]
Career
During the 1996 Indian general election, the Indian National Congress (INC) party denied a ticket to Arvind Netam because his name surfaced in the Hawala scandal and instead made his wife Chhabila its official candidate.[3][4] She polled 219,191 votes and defeated Sohan Potai of Bharatiya Janata Party (194,771 votes) to become the Member of Parliament from Kanker seat reserved for scheduled tribes.[2][5] However the house was dissolved well within one and a half years and Netam did not contest the election held in 1998.[4][6] She stood in the 1999 Indian general election but lost to Potai by a difference of 88,191 votes.[7]
Personal life
Chhabila married Netam in May 1969 and together they have four children; two sons and two daughters.[2] One of their daughters, Preeti Netam contested the 2008 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election.[8]
References
- ↑ Economic and Political Weekly{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Sameeksha Trust(1996)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Biographical Sketch: Netam, Smt. Chhabila Arvind. Lok Sabha.
- ↑ Crossing the Sacred Line: Women's Search for Political Power{{#if:Kumari|, Kumari}. Orient Blackswan(1998). ISBN 978-81-250-1435-5
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Congress makes a desperate comeback attempt in Kanker. Rediff.com(20 September 1999).
- ↑ Statistical Report on the General Elections, 1996 to the Eleventh Lok Sabha. Election Commission of India.
- ↑ 12th Lok Sabha had the shortest life-span. Rediff.com(26 April 1999).
- ↑ Statistical Report on the General Elections, 1999 to the Thirteenth Lok Sabha. Election Commission of India.
- ↑ Two tribal women to fight it out for Kanker constituency. The Hindu(8 November 2008).