Geetaba Jayrajsinh Jadeja (born 1968) is an Indian politician from

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. She is a member of the

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from Gondal Assembly constituency in

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. She won the

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representing the

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Early life and education

Jadeja is from Gondal, Rajkot district, Gujarat. She is the wife of former two time MLA Jayrajsinh Jadeja. She studied Class 10 at Mondhiba Girls High School, Gondal and passed the SSC examinations in 1985.

Career

Jadeja won from

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representing Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election. She polled 86,062 votes and defeated her nearest rival, Shivlal Barasia of the

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, by a margin of 78,864 votes. She first became an MLA winning the

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defeating Khatariya Arjunbhai Ghanshyambhai of the

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by a margin of 15,397.

Controversy

In June 2024, her son Jyotiradityasinh, also known as Ganesh, was arrested for alleged rioting and atrocities against a scheduled caste student leader following Kshatriya-Dalit tensions which broke out in

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. He was later granted bail by the

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in October 2024. In March 2025, Ganesh Jadeja, was accused of involvement in the death of Rajkumar Jat, who went missing on 2 March 2025, following an alleged altercation with security personnel outside the residence of Gondal MLA Geetaba Jadeja. His body was discovered on 4 March 2025 and Rajkumar’s father, Ratanlal, alleged that Ganesh Jadeja and his associates were responsible for his son’s death.

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and Ummedaram Beniwal also demanded for CBI Investigation in this case in

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References

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