[4] In 1969, upon winning the Serendah state seat, she was also the first woman of Indian descent to be elected to a legislature in Malaysia.
In the 1969 general elections, she stood on a Gerakan ticket for the State seat of Serendah with an electorate of nearly 14,000.
She retired from politics but was still concerned with everyday issues and daily lives of the working class.
She once said "I serve individuals, but people keep telling me that this way, I cannot get any titles or any money if I do not join any party and that is a problem with politics today.
"[citation needed] Ganga's father worked as an assistant registrar with the supreme court.