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Sanjay Jha (politician)

Not to be confused with Sanjay Jha (businessman).

Sanjay Jha is an Indian author, politician and a former national spokesperson for the Indian National Congress (INC) party. He is also the Former President of All India Professionals Congress, Maharashtra. Jha is the executive director of Dale Carnegie Training operations in India.[citation needed]

Sanjay Jha
Born
Bhagalpur, Bihar, India
OrganizationDale Carnegie India
TitleFormer National Spokesperson
Political partyIndian National Congress (INC)
SpousePallavi Jha
Children2 Daughters
Websitewww.sanjayjha.com

Education

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Sanjay Jha did his schooling at Mount Carmel School (Bhagalpur)[1] and at The Bishop's School (Pune).[1] Thereafter he was graduated with distinction in economics from Fergusson College, Pune.[2][3] He then completed his post graduation in economics from Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune.[2] He also holds an MBA degree from the XLRI - Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur.[2]

Career

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Political career

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Jha was the national spokesperson for the Indian National Congress party until he was dismissed by Sonia Gandhi from the position on 14 July 2020.[4][5] He was also the President of All India Professionals Congress, Maharashtra.[6]

Literary career

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Jha has written columns for Congress mouthpiece National Herald, Yahoo.com, The Huffington Post and the DailyO of Indian Today Group.[7][8][9][10][11] He has written a cricket anthology, 11 Triumphs, Trials and Turbulence: Indian cricket, 2003-2010[12] and co-authored another book on leadership with Myra White called The Superstar Syndrome: The Making of a Champion.[13]

Views

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In a tweet, he claimed that Subramanian Swamy was a CIA agent on 25 April 2014, citing WikiLeaks.[14] Swamy served legal notice to Jha on 12 May and sued him for INR 3 crores.[15][16][14] He then tendered an apology to Swamy and added that his comments were just spontaneous reaction to a WikiLeaks expose which mentioned connections of Swamy with the CIA.[17][18]

In April 2014, Jha tweeted that Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the "weakest" Prime Minister of India, which drew strong reactions from the Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP),[19][20][21] and led to his own party distancing themselves from the remarks.[21]

In November 2017 he shared photoshopped pictures of BJP leaders and later apologised.[22]

On 28 March 2019, he tweeted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi; "has white hair. But he sounds more like a blonde." drawing widespread criticism with the remarks being labeled sexist.[23] Jha also claimed that indelible voting ink used in the 2019 Indian general election to mark those voters that had already cast ballots was easily removable with nail polish.[24]

In 2020 he was sacked as the spokesperson of the Indian National Congress.[25] The party justified his suspension as "anti-party activities" and "breach of discipline".[26]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Finding Miss Fonseca". www.huffingtonpost.in. HuffPost India. 31 March 2015. Archived from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2023.[self-published source]
  2. ^ a b c "Sanjay Jha: Exclusive News Stories by Sanjay Jha on Current Affairs, Events at News18 Page-25". News18.
  3. ^ "More About Sanjay Jha – Sanjay Jha".
  4. ^ "PM sounds like a blonde, Sanjay Jha's sexist jibe at Modi draws wide criticism". India Today. Ist. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  5. ^ "When Congress 'outsourced' its spokesperson". Rediff. 6 January 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  6. ^ "All India Professionals' Congress-Official Site of All India Professionals' Congress". www.profcongress.com. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Sanjay Jha". The Indian Express. 12 September 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Sanjay Jha Latest Stories, Exclusive News Articles and Opinions". National Herald. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  9. ^ "Sanjay Jha, National Spokesperson, Indian National Congress party for Yahoo". yahoo.com. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  10. ^ "Sanjay Jha". www.dailyo.in. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Sanjay Jha". HuffPost India. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  12. ^ Jha, Sanjay (2010). 11 Triumphs, Trials & Turbulence: Indian Cricket 2003-10. Orient Paperbacks. ISBN 978-81-222-0497-1.
  13. ^ Sources covering this claim are:
  14. ^ a b "Sanjay Jha tenders apology to Subramanaian Swamy". The Times of India. PTI. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  15. ^ "Sanjay Jha tenders apology to Subramanaian Swamy". News18. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  16. ^ "Sanjay Jha apologises to Subramanian Swamy for 'CIA agent' remark". Zee News. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  17. ^ "Sanjay Jha apologises to Swamy". The Hindu. 17 June 2014. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  18. ^ "Sanjay Jha Apologises to Subramanaian Swamy". Outlook. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  19. ^ "Cong distances itself from Sanjay Jha's Vajpayee remark". Firstpost. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  20. ^ "Vajpayee was India's weakest PM, says Congress leader Sanjay Jha | News - Times of India Videos". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  21. ^ a b "Congress does a U-turn on Atal Bihari Vajpayee; Sanjay Jha calls him India's weakest PM". The Economic Times. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  22. ^ Sources which say Jha shared photoshopped pictures:
  23. ^ News covering this remark are:
  24. ^ News covering this claim are:
  25. ^ "Sanjay Jha sacked as Congress spokesperson after article critical of party leadership". 18 June 2020.
  26. ^ "'Battle has just begun:' Sanjay Jha, sacked for 'anti-party' activites [sic], says he's still loyal to Congress".
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