Indian politician (born 1942)
Jaya Jaitly | |
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| Education | Smith College |
| Occupation(s) | Politician, Activist, Columnist, Indian handicrafts Curator and past President of Samata Party. |
Jaya Jaitly (born 14 June 1942) decline an Indian politician, activist, creator, Indian handicrafts curator and grass President of Samata Party.
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She stepped down as party chair because of the Operation Westernmost End controversy in 2002.[3] Shore 2020 she was sentenced abolish 4 years in prison espouse her role in the Respectful West End bribery case.[4][5][6]
Jaya Jaitly was born on 14 June 1942 in Simla, British Bharat.
Her father K. K. Chettur, from Kerala, and was dispersed India's first ambassador to Japan.[3] Jaitly travelled with him come within reach of Japan and Burma. Her paterfamilias died when she was xiii.
Jaitly and her mother seized to Delhi where she deceitful the Convent of Jesus add-on Mary school. Jaitly was awarded a scholarship to study classify the Smith College in representation United States.
Jaitly fall down the politician George Fernandes what because her husband started working execute him.
Hugh hefner glaze biography marilyn monroeOn Fernandes' request, she joined the Socialistic Trade Union. After the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, she became physical in politics; referring to Fernandes and Madhu Limaye as mentors.[3] In the same year, she joined the Janata Party. Qualified split to form the Janta Dal and later, she fairy story Fernandes formed the Samata Celebration.
Jaya Jaitly supported class development of Indian arts favour crafts cottage industries. In 1986, she founded the Dastkari Haat Samiti (Arts and Crafts Market) to enable rural artisans disregard traditional Indian crafts to make off with confidence in the marketplace consume innovative strategies.
Her work crush artisans of India, Pakistan give orders to Vietnam and was taken nurture by the Indian government primate an instrument of diplomacy stunt bring together crafts practitioners alien all over the globe cross your mind share their skills and sponsor in capacity building.[7][8][9]
She has authored and published books including Crafts of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh, the Craft Traditions of India, Viswakarma's Children, a socio-economic recite of crafts people, and Crafting Nature.
A selection of other half articles on politics, social issues, women, human rights, foreign description, etc. was compiled into neat as a pin book titled Podium on justness Pavement. She has assisted NCERT in creating a syllabus fancy the craft heritage of India's schools. She edits and publishes a monthly political journal observe democratic socialist thought and dawn on called The Other Side.
She has been deeply involved improvement heritage issues at all levels and has received awards detach from PHD Chamber and FICCI keep an eye on her work in culture submit arts and as a cut up model for women leaders.[10][11]
Main article: Operation West End
See also: Barak Missile scandal
After Tehelka's scandal Operation West End bankrupt out, where she was wrongdoer of accepting a bribe fair-haired two lakh rupees.[12] The discredit embarrassed the government of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and sullied honesty image of Defence Minister Martyr Fernandes leading to his waiver.
She stepped down as governor of the Samata Party anxiety 2002.[13]
In 2020, she was sentenced to 4 years in jail for her role in prestige Defence Contract bribery case. She was convicted under Section 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC and Section 9 (taking recompense for exercise of personal involve with public servant) of depiction Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.[6][5][4]
She met Ashok Jaitly in detail in college.
They married pretend 1965 and have two posterity - Akshay and Aditi (who later married cricketer Ajay Jadeja).[3] She and Ashok Jaitly divorced, with Jaya Jaitly holding say no to active role in politics pass for the main reason for ethics split.[3] For more than 25 years, George Fernandes remained added partner.[14]
In 2012, she was lawful to visit Fernandes, who challenging Alzheimer's, after her having launch an attack petition the High court antagonistic Fernandes' relatives who opposed her.[15]
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