Office1: | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha |
Term Start1: | 25 November 2020 |
Predecessor1: | P. L. Punia |
Constituency1: | Uttar Pradesh |
Birth Date: | 11 November 1969 |
Birth Place: | Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh, India |
Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Profession: | Teacher, Principal, Politician |
Spouse: | Mukut Singh |
Alma Mater: | Kanpur University |
Education: | M.A. in sociology |
Children: | 2 |
Residence: | Auraiya, Uttar Pradesh |
Nationality: | Indian |
Geeta Shakya also known as Geeta alias chandra prabha is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh.[1] She is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[2] [3]
She is a former district president of the BJP from Auraiya and a prominent leader among the OBC.[4]
She began her career as a teacher and was a Principal from 2005 to 2010 and her husband has also been a Principal. She has two children, a son and a daughter. Her son rishab is in the BSF's Engineering Corps and her daughter is married.[5] [6]
Geeta Shakya began her political career as Gram Pradhan from Shihuan Gram Panchayat in 2000.
Later she joined the Bharatiya Janata Party and became the district president of Auraiya for two years.
She is considered a close aide of Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya. She is prominent as a leader among the Other Backward Classes in the state.[7]