Mabel Rebello

{{Short description|Indian politician}}

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| name = Mabel Rebello

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|3|26|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kundapura, Karnataka

| residence =Bhopal

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| constituency = Jharkhand

| office = Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha

| term_start = 3 April 2006

| termend = 2 April 2012

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| party = INC[https://archive.today/20130216062908/http://hindu.com/2001/11/23/stories/02230007.htm News The Hindu 23 November 2001] {{fcn|date=September 2020}}

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| date = 22 November |

| year = 2010 |

| source =http://india.gov.in/govt/rajyasabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=237

}}Miss Mabel Rebello (born 1950) is a politician from Indian National Congress party and a Member of the Parliament of India representing Jharkhand in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament.[http://www.hindustanpages.com/ms-mabel-rebello-mp-rajyasabha-jharkhand Hindustan Pages] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130909103652/http://www.hindustanpages.com/ms-mabel-rebello-mp-rajyasabha-jharkhand |date=2013-09-09 }}[https://web.archive.org/web/20110317022719/http://www.hindu.com/2011/03/13/stories/2011031364761200.htm News The Hindu 13 March 2011] {{fcn|date=September 2020}}

She was a Member of the National Commission for Minorities, Government of India and completed her term in 2016. {{Cite web |last=TwoCircles.net |date=2017-03-08 |title=Minorities commission has virtually no members, no new appointments in sight |url=https://twocircles.net/2017mar08/405962.html |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=TwoCircles.net |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=M'lore: Mable Rebello interacts with minority community leaders |url=https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=219935 |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=www.daijiworld.com |language=en}}

Political Reception

Mabel used to be the backroom brain running the Congress affairs and assisting Sonia Gandhi in multiple areas. {{Cite web |title=Backroom Brains - The invisible hands that run the Congress's daily affairs |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/backroom-brains-the-invisible-hands-that-run-the-congress-s-daily-affairs/cid/972765 |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=www.telegraphindia.com |language=en}}

During atrocities on Christians who are minorities as Member of Parliament, she stated that the fringe groups create problems as majority Hindus are secular and broad minded people. {{Cite journal |last=Laracey |first=Mel |date=2020-09-01 |title=Trump and Us: What He Says and Why People Listen |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07343469.2020.1796150 |journal=Congress & the Presidency |volume=47 |issue=3 |pages=397–398 |doi=10.1080/07343469.2020.1796150 |s2cid=226322941 |issn=0734-3469|url-access=subscription }}

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