Geni Thakor

Geniben Thakor
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 June 2024
Preceded byParbatbhai Patel
ConstituencyBanaskantha
Member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
In office
14 December 2017 – 4 June 2024
Preceded byShankar Chaudhary
Succeeded byTBD
ConstituencyVav
Personal details
Born (1975-11-19) 19 November 1975 (age 49)
NationalityIndian
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseNagaji Thakor
ProfessionSocial Worker
As of 18 November, 2022
Source: [1]

Geniben Nagajibhai Thakor[1] is an Indian politician[2] and was member of the legislative assembly of Gujarat legislative assembly elected from Vav assembly constituency.[3][4] She contested 2017 Gujarat legislative assembly election from Indian National Congress and won against Shankar Chaudhary of Bharatiya Janata Party. She won the 2024 Indian Lok Sabha Elections from Banaskantha constituency, being the only Indian National Congress candidate from Gujarat.[5][6]

Political career

Thakor contested 2012 Gujarat legislative assembly election from Vav but lost.[7] She contested 2017 Gujarat legislative assembly election from Vav constituency and won with margin of 6655 votes.[8] Thakor is considered a close-aide of Alpesh Thakor by media sources.[9][10] She was elected again from Vav in 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election.[11]

Views

In 2019, Geni Thakor supported the decision of [1] Thakor community to ban use of mobile phones for unmarried girls of community.[12][13][14] Thakor said that nothing was wrong in move to ban mobile for girls and "they should stay away from technology and spend more time in studying".[15] Previously, in 2018, she provoked people to burn the rape accused instead of handing them to police.[16][17][18] Later, she clarified that she was trying 'to calm down women'.[16]

In 2023, while being a Congress MLA, Geniben Thakor, along with Fatesinh Chauhan, a BJP MLA, demanded an amendment to the Registration of Marriages Act, 2009, to make signatures of the parents mandatory when adult children choose their own partners.[19][20] She said that she is against the love marriages that are without parental consent and added that such marriages must also be registered in the same taluka where the man or woman live.[20]

References

  1. ^ a b Lobo, Lancy (1995). The Thakors of North Gujarat: A Caste in the Village and the Region. Hindustan Publishing Corporation. ISBN 978-81-7075-035-2.
  2. ^ Candidate profile
  3. ^ "Vav election results: Congress leader Thakor Geniben Nagaji wins". India Today. Ist. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Gujarat Elections 2017: Congress' Thakor Geniben Nagaji wins from Vav Vidha Sabha seat". www.timesnownews.com. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  5. ^ Langa, Mahesh (8 June 2024). "Geniben Thakor: The giant killer". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  6. ^ India Today (13 July 2024). "Women activists | Beating all odds". Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  7. ^ https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/geniben-thakor-congresss-north-gujarat-assembly-8243423/
  8. ^ "Vav Assembly Election 2017-18 LIVE Results & Latest News: Election Dates, Exit Polls, Results, Live Updates, Winning Candidates & Parties". India.com. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  9. ^ "Congress MLA Geniben Thakor, considered close aide of Alpesh Thakor, says 'rape accused should be burnt alive'". Firstpost. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  10. ^ Correspondent, dna (14 April 2019). "Gujarat: MLA Geniben Thakor contradicts Alpesh Thakor on sale of tickets". DNA India. Retrieved 26 November 2019. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  11. ^ "ગુજરાત વિધાનસભા ચૂંટણી પરિણામઃ કોંગ્રેસના સૂપડા સાફ, માંડ 17 સીટ જીતી, આપ પાર્ટીનો 5 બેઠક પર વિજય". Indian Express Gujarati (in Gujarati). Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  12. ^ "Inter-caste marriages, mobile phones for girls banned by Gujarat's Thakor community". Moneycontrol. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  13. ^ Langa, Mahesh (17 July 2019). "No mobile phones for girls, no inter-caste marriages: Gujarat's Thakor community". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  14. ^ Bhattacharya, D. P. (16 July 2019). "Thakor Samaj 'bans' use of mobiles by unmarried Kshatriya women in a dozen Gujarat villages". The Economic Times. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  15. ^ "Thakors Ban Inter-Caste Marriages, Mobiles For Girls; Congress MLA Lauds Move". The Wire. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  16. ^ a b ""Burn Rape Accused Alive": Gujarat Congress Lawmaker Tells Crowd". NDTV.com. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  17. ^ "Finish those who rape, don't hand them over to police: Alpesh Thakor's aide Geniben provokes mob - WATCH video". www.timesnownews.com. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  18. ^ Correspondent, dna (12 October 2018). "Rapists should've been burnt alive, says Gujarat Congress woman MLA Geniben Thakor". DNA India. Retrieved 26 November 2019. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  19. ^ "Make parents' consent mandatory for love marriages, demand two Gujarat MLAs". Scroll.in. 23 March 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  20. ^ a b Langa, Mahesh (22 March 2023). "Gujarat lawmakers seek change in law to regulate 'love' marriages, mandatory signatures of parents". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 June 2024.