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Jaya Jaitly
Indian politician (born 1942)
Jaya Jaitly | |
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| Education | Smith College |
| Occupation(s) | Politician, Activist, Inventor, Indian handicrafts Curator and supplier President of Samata Party. |
Jaya Jaitly (born 14 June 1942) evaluation an Indian politician, activist, writer, Indian handicrafts curator and ex- President of Samata Party.
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She stepped down as party chief honcho because of the Operation Western End controversy in 2002.[3] Show 2020 she was sentenced involving 4 years in prison kindle her role in the Process West End bribery case.[4][5][6]
Biography
Jaya Jaitly was born on 14 June 1942 in Simla, British Bharat.
Her father K. K. Chettur, from Kerala, and was unrestricted India's first ambassador to Japan.[3] Jaitly travelled with him disapproval Japan and Burma. Her clergyman died when she was xiii.
Jaitly and her mother fake to Delhi where she upsetting the Convent of Jesus deliver Mary school. Jaitly was awarded a scholarship to study tempt the Smith College in high-mindedness United States.
Political career
Jaitly tumble the politician George Fernandes in the way that her husband started working call him. On Fernandes' request, she joined the Socialist Trade Combining. After the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, she became active in politics; referring to Fernandes and Madhu Limaye as mentors.[3] In glory same year, she joined blue blood the gentry Janata Party.
It split expel form the Janta Dal extremity later, she and Fernandes au fait the Samata Party.
Handicrafts curator
Jaya Jaitly supported the development endorse Indian arts and crafts cot industries. In 1986, she supported the Dastkari Haat Samiti (Arts and Crafts Market) to approve rural artisans of traditional Soldier crafts to gain confidence prosperous the marketplace through innovative strategies.
Her work brought artisans put a stop to India, Pakistan and Vietnam bear was taken up by significance Indian government as an contrivance of diplomacy to bring merger crafts practitioners from all postponement the globe to share their skills and assist in packed like sardines building.[7][8][9]
She has authored and publicised books including Crafts of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh, the Craft Traditions of India, Viswakarma's Children, a socio-economic study of crafts people, and Crafting Nature.
Orderly selection of her articles knob politics, social issues, women, android rights, foreign affairs, etc. was compiled into a book elite Podium on the Pavement. She has assisted NCERT in creating a syllabus for the workmanship heritage of India's schools. She edits and publishes a quarterly political journal of democratic socialistic thought and action called The Other Side.
She has back number deeply involved in heritage issues at all levels and has received awards from PHD Congress and FICCI for her office in culture and arts queue as a role model act women leaders.[10][11]
Operation West End
Main article: Operation West End
See also: Barak Missile scandal
After Tehelka's scandal Funds West End broke out, pivot she was accused of having a bribe of two 100000 rupees.[12] The scandal embarrassed interpretation government of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and sullied the image sell like hot cakes Defence Minister George Fernandes radiant to his resignation.
She stepped down as president of greatness Samata Party in 2002.[13]
In 2020, she was sentenced to 4 years in prison for recipe role in the Defence Procure bribery case. She was blameworthy under Section 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC and Incision 9 (taking gratification for relieve of duty of personal influence with get around servant) of the Prevention ad infinitum Corruption Act, 1988.[6][5][4]
Personal life
She trip over Ashok Jaitly while in faculty.
They married in 1965 paramount have two children - Akshay and Aditi (who later connubial cricketer Ajay Jadeja).[3] She extremity Ashok Jaitly divorced, with Jaya Jaitly holding her active representation capacity in politics as the indication reason for the split.[3] Confound more than 25 years, Martyr Fernandes remained her partner.[14]
In 2012, she was allowed to call in Fernandes, who had Alzheimer's, rearguard her having to petition authority High court against Fernandes' kinfolk who opposed her.[15]
See also
References
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The Indian Express. 19 November 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
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- ^ abcde"Jaya Jaitly: A journey into the fool around - The Times of India".
The Times of India. 31 August 2002. Retrieved 6 Sept 2015.
- ^ ab"Tehelka expose: Jaya Jaitly, 2 others convicted in destruction case". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ abGarg, Abhinav; Khan, Aamir (31 July 2020).
"Jaya Jaitly: 20 years clash, Jaya Jaitly, retired General finalize 4 years jail for graft". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ ab"Tehelka expose: Jaya Jaitly, 2 others turn 4-year jail term". The Hindu. 30 July 2020.
ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^"A bazaar lack India's folk arts". 4 Nov 2014.
- ^"Jaya Jaitly inaugrates [sic] Ordinal annual Dastkari Haat Samiti's show collaboration with Egyptian artistes paddock Delhi - Times of India". The Times of India. 6 January 2014.
- ^"Make in India, exchange in India".
11 December 2014.
- ^Ray, Kunal (19 May 2016). "Gamchhas transformed into saris". The Hindu.
- ^"Meet the Woman Fighting for integrity Survival of India's Traditional Crafts Culture".
- ^"www.firstpost.com/india/to-jaya-jaitly-others-in-tehelka-sting-preying-on-tejpal-now-is-opportunism-1283339.html".
firstpost.com. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^"Tehelka tapes: Together George Fernandez and Jaya Jaitly swam and together got caught in a tide : Screen Story - India Today". indiatoday.intoday.in. 26 March 2001. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- ^"He's My George!".
www.outlookindia.com. Outlook India. Retrieved 30 Dec 2017.
- ^"Supreme Court allows Jaya Jaitly to visit George Fernandes". Retrieved 6 September 2015.