Jayashree Banerjee

Jayashree Banerjee
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1999–2004
Preceded byBaburao Paranjpe
Succeeded byRakesh Singh
ConstituencyJabalpur
Personal details
Born (1938-07-02) 2 July 1938 (age 86)
Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (present Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India)
Spouse
Subhas Chandra Banerjee
(m. 1956)
RelationsJ. P. Nadda (son-in-law)
Children4
EducationM.A. (Geography), Graduate in Music
Alma materAllahabad University
ProfessionAgriculturist, Musician
Source [1]

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]

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