Geniben Thakor | |
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Member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly | |
Assumed office 2017 | |
Constituency | Vav |
Personal details | |
Born | 19 November 1975 |
Nationality | Indian |
Political party | INC |
Spouse | Nagaji Thakor |
Profession | Social Worker |
As of 18 November,2022 Source: |
Geniben Nagajibhai Thakor [1] is an Indian politician [2] and member of the legislative assembly of Gujarat legislative assembly elected from Vav assembly constituency. [3] [4] She contested 2017 Gujarat legislative assembly election from Indian National Congress and won against Shankar Chaudhary of Bharatiya Janata Party. [3] Geniben Thakor is lion of gujarat.Geniben Thakor is powerful women in gujrat.
Thakor contested 2012 Gujarat legislative assembly election from Vav but was lost. [5] She contested 2017 Gujarat legislative assembly election from Vav constituency and won with margin of 6655 votes. [6] Thakor is considered as close-aide of Alpesh Thakor by media sources. [7] [8] She was elected again from Vav in 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election. [9]
In 2019,Geni Thakor supported the decision of [1] Thakor community to ban use of mobile phones for unmarried girls of community. [10] [11] [12] Thakor said that nothing was wrong in move to ban mobile for girls and "they should stay away from community and spend more time in studying". [13] Previously,in 2018,she provoked people to burn the rape accused instead of handing them to police. [14] [15] [16] Later,she clarified that she was trying 'to calm down women'. [14]
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