Geeta Koda | |
Birth Date: | 26 September 1983 |
Birth Place: | Singhbhum, Jharkhand, India |
Office: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
Constituency2: | Singhbhum |
Predecessor: | Laxman Giluwa |
Party: | Jai Bharat Samanta Party(2009-2018) Indian National Congress (2018-2024) Bharatiya Janata Party(2024-) |
Spouse: | Madhu Koda (m. 2004) |
Nationality: | Indian |
Term Start: | 17 June 2019 |
Term End: | 04 June 2024 |
Successor: | Joba Majhi |
Geeta Koda is an Indian politician and a member of Bharatiya Janata Party and a Member of Parliament from Singhbhum Lok Sabha constituency. Earlier she was associated with Jai Bharat Samanta Party.[1] On 26 February 2024 she left Indian National Congress and joined BJP on the same day.[2]
Koda is a member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from the Jaganathpur constituency in West Singhbhum district.[3] [4] [5] [6] She is an ethnic Ho, a scheduled tribe. She is married to Madhu Koda, the former Chief Minister of Jharkhand.
In February 2017, Koda was appointed a member of the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Steering Committee (India Region) by Sumitra Mahajan, Speaker of the Lok Sabha.[3]
She was defeated by Jharkhand Mukti Morcha's politician Joba Majhi in 2024 Indian general election.[7]