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Sanjay Jha (Politician) Age, Caste, Wife, Children, Family, Biography & More

Sanjay Jha (Politician) Age, Caste, Wife, Children, Family, Biography & More

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Hometown: Mumbai, Maharashtra

Education: PhD In Economics

Wife: Pallavi Jha

Bio/Wiki
Profession(s) Writer, Keynote Speaker, Businessman & Politician
Politics
Political Party Indian National Congress (INC)
Political Journey • Sanjay Jha joined the Indian National Congress (INC) in 2012.
• He served as the national spokesperson of the Indian National Congress (INC) from 2013 to 2020.
• On 17 June 2020, he was dropped from the position of the Indian National Congress's national spokesperson.
• On 14 July 2020, he was expelled from the Indian National Congress Party for “anti-party activities” and “breach of discipline.”
Personal Life
Age Not Known
Birthplace Gangtok, Sikkim, India
Nationality Indian
Hometown Mumbai, Maharashtra
School Bishop's School, Pune (1967 – 1974)
College/University • Fergusson College, Pune (1977-1980)
• Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, University of Pune (1980-1982)
• University of Patna
• XLRI, Jamshedpur (1984-1986)
Educational Qualification(s)
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LinkedIn		 • Graduation in Economics from Fergusson College, Pune
• Master's in Economics from University of Pune
• PhD in Economics from University of Patna
• MBA in HR from XLRI, Jamshedpur
Food Habit Non-Vegetarian check sources
Sanjay Jha Instagram
Controversies • On 25 April 2014, Sanjay Jha posted a tweet claiming Subramanian Swamy
was a CIA agent. In the aftermath, Swamy filed a 3 crore defamation lawsuit against Jha. Consequently, Jha extended an apology for his "CIA remark." check sources
The Times of India


• In November 2017, Sanjay Jha retweeted a Twitter post showing a morphed picture of a police officer kneeling before the BJP leader Rajnath Singh
. Sanjay deleted the post and apologised for the same after he was heavily trolled on the internet. check sources
Alt News


• On 28 March 2019, Sanjay Jha posted a derogatory tweet about the Indian PM, Narendra Modi
, which read "He has white hair. But he sounds more like a blonde." The post drew wide criticism and Jha had to face a heavy backlash on the internet for passing the sexist jibe at Narendra Modi. check sources
Sanjay Jha Twitter
Relationships & More
Marital Status Married
Family
Wife/Spouse Pallavi Jha
Children Daughters- Maithili Jha and Mohini Jha
Son- None
Parents Father- Diwakar Jha (Professor)
Mother- Name not known
Siblings Brother- Vibhuti Jha


Sister- None

Some Lesser Known Facts About Sanjay Jha

  • A proud believer of Gandhi and Nehru’s ideology, Sanjay Jha is an Indian writer, entrepreneur, keynote speaker, and politician. He is best known for serving as the national spokesperson of the Indian National Congress (INC), a post that he held from 2013 to 2020. Sanjay Jha is also the Executive Director of the world-famous Dale Carnegie Training operations in India.

  • Sanjay’s father, who was a big admirer of the heroes of India’s freedom struggle, used to gift books of freedom struggle to Sanjay on his birthday every year. He grew up reading books like “Discovery of India” by Jawaharlal Nehru and “The story of My Experiments with Truth” by Mahatma Gandhi . Upon reading those books, somewhere down the line, Sanjay got swayed by the ideology of Congress.

  • Sanjay was a brilliant student throughout his academic life. While studying in school, he received several awards for academic excellence. Also, he graduated with distinction in Economics, and the academic glory continued till the time he finished his formal education.

  • Sanjay started his corporate career as a sales executive at the Bharat Petroleum. Thereafter, he held various superior positions at several corporate giants. He was the vice president of Alliance Capital (Mumbai), an asset management company, from 1993 to 1996. He held the post of senior vice president at another investment management firm, ITC-Threadneedle (Mumbai), from 1996 to 1997. check sources Sanjay Jha LinkedIn

  • In 2000, he launched a cricket web portal, CricketNext.com, which featured everything about cricket from news to live coverage of cricket matches. The website was sold to the Network 18 Media Group in 2012, prior to Sanjay’s entry in politics. check sources Sanjay Jha LinkedIn

  • Sanjay ventured into politics by joining the Indian National Congress (INC) Party in 2012. In 2013, he was chosen as the national spokesperson for the INC. He represented the party on English TV news channel debates and panel discussions; however, he was never seen sharing the stage with political leaders of the party.

  • After a thumping loss of the INC in 2014 and 2019 general elections, Sanjay became a vocal critic of the party’s family culture. He questioned the high command on its laid-back and status-quoist approach. He demanded internal democracy and progressive reforms in the party. Sanjay also claimed that the INC had moved away from its core principles on which Gandhi and Nehru wanted to build the nation, India.

  • Allegedly, his outspoken criticism of the high command led to his removal from the post of the national spokesperson of the Indian National Congress (INC) in June 2020.

INC COMMUNIQUE

Important Notification pic.twitter.com/fnXef53B7A

— INC Sandesh (@INCSandesh) June 17, 2020

  • His journey with the party officially ended when he was also sacked from the primary membership of the INC on 15 July 2020 for “anti-party activities and breach of discipline.”

Shri Sanjay Jha has been suspended from the Congress Party with immediate effect for anti-party activities and breach of discipline. pic.twitter.com/TaT0gWbCc7

— Maharashtra Congress (@INCMaharashtra) July 14, 2020

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