Jayashree Banerjee Explained

Birth Date:1938 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (present Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India)
Office:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Constituency:Jabalpur
Predecessor:Baburao Paranjpe
Successor:Rakesh Singh
Term Start:1999
Term End:2004
Children:4
Relations:J. P. Nadda (son-in-law)
Nationality:Indian
Education:M.A. (Geography), Graduate in Music
Alma Mater:Allahabad University
Profession:Agriculturist, Musician
Footnotes:Source http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=40&lastls=13

Jayashree Banerjee (born 2 July 1938[1]) is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party from Madhya Pradesh, and a former member of parliament.

She contested Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha election in 1972 as a member of Jana Sangh from Jabalpur Cantonment seat but lost.[2] She was elected to Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1977 (Jabalpur Central, Janata Party member, pre-BJP days), 1990 and 1993 from Pashchim Jabalpur. She served as cabinet minister in Madhya Pradesh government from 1977 to 1980. She was a member of 13th Lok Sabha (1999-2004), elected from Jabalpur.

She is the mother-in-law of the current BJP President J. P. Nadda.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Amrit Mahotsava of Jayashree Banerjee observed in Jabalpur. 16 August 2012. Kamal Sandesh Fortnightly Magazine. 31 March 2016.
  2. Web site: Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1972. 12 December 2020. www.elections.in.
  3. Web site: Arnimesh. Shanker. 20 January 2020. Himachal setbacks to Delhi rise — how Modi-Shah favourite JP Nadda became BJP chief. 12 December 2020. ThePrint. en-US.