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 | 2 July 1938 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 | |
Jayashree Banerjee (born 2 July 1938) 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. 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.