Geeta Shakya

Geeta Shakya is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh.[1] She is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[2][3]

Geeta Shakya
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Assumed office
25 November 2020
Preceded byP. L. Punia
ConstituencyUttar Pradesh
Personal details
BornHamirpur, Bidhuna
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (2012 onwards)
Other political
affiliations		Samajwadi Party (until 2012)
Spouse(s)Mukut Singh
Children2
ResidenceAuraiya, Uttar Pradesh
EducationM.A. in sociology
Alma materKanpur University
ProfessionTeacher, Principal, Politician

She is a former district president of the BJP from Auraiya and a prominent leader among the OBC.[4] She had unsuccessfully contested twice in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections from Bidhuna.

Personal life

She began her career as a teacher and was a Principal from 2005 to 2010 and her husband has also been a Principal. She has two children, a son and a daughter. Her son is in the BSF's Engineering Corps and her daughter is married.[5][6]

Political career

Geeta Shakya began her political career as Gram Pradhan from Shihuan Gram Panchayat in 2000. She joined the Samajwadi Party and unsuccessfully contested the byelections in 2009 from Bidhuna.

Later she joined the Bharatiya Janata Party and became the district president of Auraiya for two years. In 2012 she again unsuccessfully contested elections.

She is considered a close aide of Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya. She is prominent as a leader among the Other Backward Classes in the state.[7]

References
  1. "Union minister Puri, nine others elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh". DNA India. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  2. Shantanu, Shashank (26 October 2020). "BJP releases list of candidates for Rajya Sabha election, eyes 2022 UP assembly polls". www.indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  3. "BJP announces eight candidates for 10 Rajya Sabha vacancies in Uttar Pradesh". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 27 October 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 27 October 2020.CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. "Rajya Sabha elections: Hardeep Singh Puri, Neeraj Shekhar among BJP candidates from UP". The Indian Express. 27 October 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  5. "राज्यसभा चुनाव: भाजपा प्रत्याशियों में गीता शाक्य का भी नाम, जानिए- क्या है उनका राजनीतिक प्रोफाइल". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  6. Oct 26, Pankaj Shah / TNN /; 2020; Ist, 23:23. "Union minister Puri, ex-top cop in BJP list for upper house | India News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 October 2020.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. Oct 26, Pankaj Shah / TNN /; 2020; Ist, 23:23. "Union minister Puri, ex-top cop in BJP list for upper house | India News - Times of India". Retrieved 27 October 2020.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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