Geeta Bharat Jain

Geeta Bharat Jain (born 5 July 1964) is an Indian politician representing the Bharatiya Janata Party. She won election as an independent candidate. She afterwards gave support to the Shiv Sena-led government. After one year, she joined Shiv Sena. She is member of the 14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Mira Bhayandar constituency. She served as a Mayor of the city of Mira-Bhayandar from February 2015 to August 2017. On June 22, 2022, she publicly extended her support to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Early life

Jain was born in Mumbai and raised in Mumbai suburb Andheri. She graduated from PVT Polytechnic College, Mumbai with a Diploma of Medical Laboratory Technology in 1984. Jain was the elder sister among three siblings. Her father ran a retail cloth shop at Jogeshwari.

After completing her schooling at M.A. high school, Andheri, she completed her secondary studies at Bhavans College, Mumbai. Jain also attended PVT Polytechnic College, Santacruz, Mumbai to pursue the Diploma of Medical Laboratory Technology (D.M.L.T.)

In August 1984 she married Bharat Jain. They have two daughters.

Positions held

• 2002: Elected as corporator in Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (1st term)
• 2012: Re-Elected as corporator in Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (2nd term)
• 2015: Elected as mayor of Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation
• 2017: Re-Elected as corporator in Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (3rd term)
• 2019: Elected as member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Mira Bhayandar

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