Shanta Vasisht

Shanta Vasisht (born ca. 1926 During her student years she was active in the Delhi branch of the Indian National Congress and worked with the Kingsway Refugee Committee.

Delhi Assembly Upon her return to India, Vasisht contested the 1952 Delhi Legislative Assembly election. Vasisht stood as the Congress Party candidate in the Kotla Feroze Shah constituency. She won the seat, defeating V.P. Joshi of the Bharatiya Jan Sangh. In total Vasisht obtained 4,646 votes (56.26% of the votes in the constituency). In 1953 she was appointed by the Chief Minister of Delhi Chaudhary Brahm Prakash as Deputy Minister for Education in the Delhi State government. Her nomination was criticised by a minority faction inside the Congress Legislature Party in Delhi, who claimed that the Chief Minister shouldn't have nominated deputy ministers without consulting the assembly members of the party.

Rajya Sabha Vasisht was elected to the Rajya Sabha (the upper house of the Parliament of India) in 1960. Her term lasted from 3 April 1960 to 2 April 1966, under the governments of Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri and Indira Gandhi.

Later period In 2008 Vasisht released the book Nehru to Iraq, which details her experiences in the struggle for Indian Independence. As of 2013, Vasisht resided in the Sarvodaya Enclave.