Geeta Koda Explained

Geeta Koda is an Indian politician and a member of Bharatiya Janata Party and a former Member of Parliament from Singhbhum Lok Sabha constituency. Earlier she was associated with Jai Bharat Samanta Party.^[1] On 26 February 2024 she left Indian National Congress and joined BJP on the same day.^[2]

Political career

Koda was a member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from the Jaganathpur constituency in West Singhbhum district.^{[3] [4] [5] [6]} She is an ethnic Ho, a scheduled tribe. She is married to Madhu Koda, the former Chief Minister of Jharkhand.

In February 2017, Koda was appointed a member of the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Steering Committee (India Region) by Sumitra Mahajan, Speaker of the Lok Sabha.^[3]

She was defeated by Jharkhand Mukti Morcha's politician Joba Majhi in 2024 Indian general election.In the 2024 Jharkhand Assembly Election she was defeated by Indian National Congress's candidate Sona Ram Sinku from Jaganathpur Assembly constituency which she & her husband Madhu Kora has represented from 2000-2019.^{[7] [8]}

Awards and honors

• Champions of Change Award in 2019, for her work in Social Welfare (Aspirational Districts). The award was conferred by Shri Pranab Mukherjee at Vigyan Bhavan New Delhi on 20 January 2020.^{[9] [10]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: News . India TV . Kumar . Raju . 2024-02-26 . Geeta Koda, Congress party's lone Lok Sabha MP from Jharkhand, joins BJP India News – India TV . 2024-02-26 . www.indiatvnews.com . en.
2. Web site: Congress's lone Jharkhand MP Geeta Koda quits party, joins BJP . 2024-02-26 . India Today . en.
3. Web site: Geeta Koda becomes member of CWP steering committee. 20 February 2017. Hindustantimes.com. 20 November 2018.
4. News: Geeta Koda, the youngest MLA in Jharkhand assembly. 11 November 2017. Daily News and Analysis. 27 December 2009.
5. News: Thaker. Jayesh. Poll Power Trips Geeta Koda means business. https://web.archive.org/web/20141128004020/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1141128/jsp/jharkhand/story_19097253.jsp. dead. 28 November 2014. 11 November 2017. The Telegraph India. 28 November 2014.
6. Web site: Geeta Koda, the youngest MLA in Jharkhand assembly. https://web.archive.org/web/20170215212716/http://www.sify.com/news/geeta-koda-the-youngest-mla-in-jharkhand-assembly-news-features-jm1j7Lgfabhsi.html. dead. 15 February 2017. Sify.com. 20 November 2018.
7. News: 2024-06-04 . Singhbhum (ST) election results 2024 live updates: JMM's Joba Majhi wins against BJP's Geeta Kora with a margin of 168402 votes . 2024-06-08 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.
8. News: The Hindu . Jharkhand Assembly results: Women kin of top politicians fare badly; two ex-CMs’ wives lose . 23 November 2024 . 23 November 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20241123150051/https://www.thehindu.com/elections/jharkhand-assembly/jharkhand-assembly-results-women-kin-of-top-politicians-fare-badly-two-ex-cms-wives-lose/article68902277.ece . 23 November 2024 . en-IN.
9. News: दिल्‍ली में 'चैंपियन ऑफ चेंज अवार्ड- 2019' से सम्मानित हुईं सिंहभूम सांसद गीता कोड़ा Jamshedpur News . Dainik Jagran . hi.
10. News: मुख्यमंत्री हेमंत सोरेन को मिला 'चैम्पियन ऑफ चेंज' अवॉर्ड, गीता कोड़ा भी हुईं सम्मानित . News18 India . 20 January 2020.