Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) chief Geeta Koda, who contested from Jharkhand’s Jagannathpur within the meeting elections, misplaced to her rival, Sona Ram Sinku of BJP, with a vote margin of seven,383, in keeping with the Election Fee of India (ECI).
The 41-year-old politician, who’s spouse of former Jharkhand CM, Madhu Koda, was up towards Congress candidate and sitting MLA Sona Ram Sinku fro the seat.
Geeta began her political profession in 2009 when she gained the Jagannathpur meeting seat as a Jai Bharat Samanta Social gathering candidate and retained it within the 2014 meeting elections as properly.
Koda, who face instances of cash laundering, joined the Congress occasion forward of 2019 basic election. She gained from Chaibasa (West Singhbhum) Lok Sabha seat in 2019 basic elections.
Nonetheless, on February 26, 2024, she made a big political shift by leaving the Indian Nationwide Congress and becoming a member of the BJP. The saffron occasion nominated her from the Singhbhum Lok Sabha constituency, however she was defeated by Jharkhand Mukti Morcha candidate Joba Majhi, who gained with a margin of 168,402 votes.
Geeta relied on the picture of PM Narendra Modi to show round her ballot fortunes, whereas her tainted husband, Madhu Koda, additionally within the BJP, labored behind the scenes.
Whereas campaigning, she listed the guarantees made by her occasion within the manifesto and saved native points alive among the many citizens.
In 2017, Geeta Koda was appointed by Sumitra Mahajan, then Speaker of the Lok Sabha, to the Commonwealth Girls Parliamentarians Steering Committee (India Area).
In recognition of her work in social welfare, particularly in aspirational districts, Koda obtained the Champions of Change Award in 2019, offered by former President Pranab Mukherjee at an occasion held at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi, on January 20, 2020.
In 2019, the BJP confronted a heavy loss, securing solely 2 of the 28 tribal-reserved meeting seats. This defeat performed a pivotal function within the downfall of the Raghubar Das authorities, permitting Hemant Soren to imagine the chief minister’s place.
