Jayashree Banerjee

Jayashree Banerjee
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1999–2004
Preceded by	Baburao Paranjpe
Succeeded by	Rakesh Singh
Constituency	Jabalpur
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)​
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]

References

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.