Jayashree Banerjee | |
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Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
In office 1999–2004 | |
Preceded by | Baburao Paranjpe |
Succeeded by | Rakesh Singh |
Constituency | Jabalpur |
Personal details | |
Born | Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (present Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India) | 2 July 1938
Spouse |
Subhas Chandra Banerjee
(m. 1956) |
Relations | J. P. Nadda (son-in-law) |
Children | 4 |
Education | M.A. (Geography), Graduate in Music |
Alma mater | Allahabad University |
Profession | Agriculturist, 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]