Geetaba Jadeja

Jadeja won from Gondal Assembly constituency 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 Aam Admi Party, by a margin of 78,864 votes.^[3] She first became an MLA winning the 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election defeating Khatariya Arjunbhai Ghanshyambhai of the Indian National Congress by a margin of 15,397.^[4]

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 Rajkot.^[5] He was later granted bail by the Gujarat High Court in October 2024.^[6]

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.^[7][8] 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. Hanuman Beniwal and Ummedaram Beniwal also demanded for CBI Investigation in this case in Lok Sabha.^[9][10]