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
Spouse
Subhas Chandra Banerjee
(m. 1956)
RelationsJ. P. Nadda (son-in-law)
Children4
EducationM.A. (Geography), Graduate in Music
Alma materUniversity of Allahabad
ProfessionAgriculturist, Musician
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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 Bharatiya 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 Government of Madhya Pradesh 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.