religion birth_place alias nationality birth_date residence article_title name occupation
hinduism jodhpur , rajasthan india jiji indian 23 february 1938 jodhpur suryakanta vyas
 suryakanta vyas social worker , member of the legislative assembly
suryakanta vyas

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suryakanta vyas affectionately known as `` jiji '' , is a prominent figure of the pushkarna brahmin community in rajasthan .
jiji is current member of the legislative assembly of bharatiya janata party from soorsagar constituency of jodhpur .
she is serving for the second time from this constituency .
she contested election for the first time from jodhpur 's -lrb- old city -rrb- constituency in year 1990 and won comprehensively twice .
jiji was born in kalla family and her father , late shri fatehraj ji kalla was police inspector .
she got married at an early age of 12 and her husband , late shri uma shankar ji vyas was supply officer .
she joined rashtriya swayamsevak sangh in 1960 & held a no .
of honorable posts such as president of female wing , bjp .
she volunteered arrest & went to jail to protest against injustice during doda satyagraha movement -lrb- 1994 -rrb- .
she also led the female wing for ` ramjanma-bhumi ' movement & went to kashmir for ` flag hoisting yatra ' -lrb- 1994 -rrb- .
she has been honored a number of times for rendering services for development of society .
