Jayawantiben Mehta

Jayawantiben Mehta
Born (1938-12-20)20 December 1938
Aurangabad, Hyderabad State, British India
Died 7 November 2016(2016-11-07) (aged 77)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Residence Mumbai
Nationality Indian
Occupation Politician
Spouse(s) Navinchandra Mehta
Children 1 son and 1 daughter

Jayawantiben Mehta (20 December 1938 – 7 November 2016) was an Indian politician. She was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

She entered politics in 1962 and was elected as municipal councillor of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation in 1968. Subsequently, she was reelected and served as municipal councillor for 10 years.

During the Emergency declared in 1975, she was imprisoned for 19 months. Jayawantiben was elected to the Maharashtra legislative assembly in 1978 and served 2 terms up to 1985 from Opera House constituency.

In 1980, she was made a member of the national executive of the BJP and in 1988, she was made the All India Secretary.

In 1989, she was first elected to the Lok Sabha. She was subsequently reelected in 1996 and 1999 and was made a Ministers of state for Power in the Vajpayee Government from 1999 to 2004.

Jayawantiben served as President of Mahila Morcha of BJP from 1991 to 1995 and as Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Party from 1993 to 1995.[1]

She represented the Mumbai North East constituency in the 9th Lok Sabha in 1989 and Mumbai South constituency in the 11th and 13th Lok Sabha in 1996 and 1999.

References

  1. ↑ "Former Union minister Jayawantiben Mehta passes away". The New Indian Express. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
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