Geni Thakor

Political career

Thakor had contested 2017 Gujarat legislative assembly election from Vav constituency and won with margin of 6655 votes.[5] Thakor is considered as close-aid of Alpesh Thakor by media sources.[6][7][8] As of 2019, she is member of legislative assembly.

Views

In 2019, Geni Thakor supported the decision of Koli[9] Thakor community to ban use of mobile phones for unmarried girls of community.[10][11][12] Thakor said that nothing was wrong in move to ban mobile for girls and "they should stay away from community and spend more time in studying".[13] Previously, in 2018, she provoked people to burn the rape accused instead of handing them to police.[14][15][16] Later, she clarified that she was trying 'to calm down women'.[14]

References
  1. 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 2019-11-26.
  4. "Gujarat Elections 2017: Congress' Thakor Geniben Nagaji wins from Vav Vidha Sabha seat". www.timesnownews.com. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
  5. "Vav Assembly Election 2017-18 LIVE Results & Latest News: Election Dates, Exit Polls, Results, Live Updates, Winning Candidates & Parties". India.com. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
  6. "Congress MLA Geniben Thakor, considered close aide of Alpesh Thakor, says 'rape accused should be burnt alive'". Firstpost. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
  7. "Warning bells for Congress as Alpesh Thakor's Sena leaders file election forms as independents". Republic World. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
  8. Correspondent, dna (2019-04-14). "Gujarat: MLA Geniben Thakor contradicts Alpesh Thakor on sale of tickets". DNA India. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
  9. 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.
  10. "Inter-caste marriages, mobile phones for girls banned by Gujarat's Thakor community". Moneycontrol. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
  11. Langa, Mahesh (2019-07-17). "No mobile phones for girls, no inter-caste marriages: Gujarat's Thakor community". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
  12. Bhattacharya, D. P. (2019-07-16). "Thakor Samaj 'bans' use of mobiles by unmarried Kshatriya women in a dozen Gujarat villages". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
  13. "Thakors Ban Inter-Caste Marriages, Mobiles For Girls; Congress MLA Lauds Move". The Wire. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
  14. ""Burn Rape Accused Alive": Gujarat Congress Lawmaker Tells Crowd". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
  15. "Finish those who rape, don't hand them over to police: Alpesh Thakor's aide Geniben provokes mob - WATCH video". www.timesnownews.com. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
  16. Correspondent, dna (2018-10-12). "Rapists should've been burnt alive, says Gujarat Congress woman MLA Geniben Thakor". DNA India. Retrieved 2019-11-26.


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