Jayashree Banerjee

Jayashree Banerjee (born 2 July 1938^[1]) is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party from Madhya Pradesh, and a former member of parliament.

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 87) 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	University of Allahabad
Profession	Agriculturist, Musician
Source

She contested Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha election in 1972 as a member of Bharatiya 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 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.^[3]