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'''Sanjay Jha''' is the former national spokesperson for the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) party since 2013. He is also the Former President of All India Professionals Congress, Maharashtra. Jha is the executive director of [[Dale Carnegie]] Training operations in India.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/content/specials/dale-carnegie-celebrates-the-fourth-edition-of-global-leadership-awards-18-118111300625_1.html|title=Dale Carnegie celebrates the fourth edition of Global Leadership Awards 18|date=2018-11-13|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2019-11-27}}</ref><br />
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== Education ==<br />
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Sanjay Jha did his schooling at [[Mount Carmel School (Bhagalpur)]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/sanjay-jha/finding-miss-fonseca_b_6966902.html}}{{Self-published source|date=July 2020}}</ref> and at [[The Bishop's School (Pune)]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Finding Miss Fonseca |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/sanjay-jha/finding-miss-fonseca_b_6966902.html |website=HuffPost India |language=en |date=31 March 2015}}{{Self-published source|date=July 2020}}</ref> Thereafter he was graduated with distinction in economics from [[Fergusson College]], [[Pune]].<ref name="news18.com">{{cite web |title=Sanjay Jha: Exclusive News Stories by Sanjay Jha on Current Affairs, Events at News18 Page-25 |url=https://www.news18.com/byline/sanjay-jha/page-25/ |website=News18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=More About Sanjay Jha – Sanjay Jha |url=http://www.sanjayjha.com/index.php/more-about-sanjay-jha/}}</ref> He then completed his post graduation in economics from [[Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics]], [[Pune]].<ref name="news18.com"/> He also holds an MBA degree from the [[XLRI - Xavier School of Management]], [[Jamshedpur]].<ref name="news18.com"/><br />
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== Career ==<br />
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=== Political career ===<br />
Jha was the national spokesperson for the Indian National Congress party till he was dismissed by Sonia Gandhi from the position on 14 July 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/congress-sanjay-jha-twitter-sexist-narendra-modi-1488755-2019-03-28|title=PM sounds like a blonde, Sanjay Jha's sexist jibe at Modi draws wide criticism|newspaper=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-12-09|agency=Ist}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/report/when-congress-outsourced-its-spokesperson/20140106.htm|title=When Congress 'outsourced' its spokesperson|website=Rediff|language=en|date=6 January 2014|access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref> He was also the President of [[All India Professionals Congress]], Maharashtra.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.profcongress.com/welcome/operation|title=All India Professionals' Congress-Official Site of All India Professionals' Congress|website=www.profcongress.com|access-date=2019-11-28}}</ref><br />
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=== Literary career ===<br />
Jha has written columns for Congress mouthpiece [[National Herald (India)|''National Herald'']], Yahoo.com, ''[[The Huffington Post]]'' and the ''DailyO'' of Indian Today Group.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/profile/columnist/sanjay-jha/|title=Sanjay Jha|date=2017-09-12|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-11-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/author/434589/sanjay-jha|title=Sanjay Jha Latest Stories, Exclusive News Articles and Opinions|website=National Herald|language=en|access-date=2019-11-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/author/sanjay-jha/|title=Sanjay Jha, National Spokesperson, Indian National Congress party for Yahoo|website=yahoo.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyo.in/user/573/jhasanjay|title=Sanjay Jha|website=www.dailyo.in|access-date=2019-11-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/author/sanjay-jha/|title=Sanjay Jha|website=HuffPost India|language=en|access-date=2019-11-28}}</ref> He has written a cricket anthology, ''11 Triumphs, Trials and Turbulence: Indian cricket, 2003-2010''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x6l1J-Y_K4kC|title=11 Triumphs, Trials & Turbulence: Indian Cricket 2003-10|last=Jha|first=Sanjay|date=2010|publisher=Orient Paperbacks|isbn=978-81-222-0497-1|language=en}}</ref> and co-authored another book on leadership with Myra White called ''The Superstar Syndrome: The Making of a Champion''.<ref name=writer>Sources covering this claim are:<br />
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*{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/management/always-listen-to-feedback-that-may-appear-initially-disagreeable-myra-s-white-sanjay-jha-113090100683_1.html|title=Always listen to feedback that may appear initially disagreeable: Myra S White & Sanjay Jha|last=Rai|first=Ankita|date=2013-09-02|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2019-11-28}}<br />
*{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/pt7ViX0z0ovxajaCzTi7jO/QA--Myra-S-White-and-Sanjay-Jha.html|title=Q&A {{!}} Myra S. White and Sanjay Jha|last=Khurana|first=Chanpreet|date=2013-10-27|website=livemint.com|language=en|access-date=2019-11-28}}<br />
*{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/glass-house/story/20130902-congress-spokesman-sanjay-jha-the-superstar-syndrome-the-making-of-a-champion-765358-2013-08-24|title=When Congress spokesman Sanjay Jha turned a writer!|date=24 August 2013|first=Kaveree|last=Bamzai|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-11-28}}</ref><br />
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==Controversies==<br />
In a tweet, he claimed that [[Subramanian Swamy]] was a [[CIA]] agent on 25 April 2014, citing [[WikiLeaks]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Sanjay-Jha-tenders-apology-to-Subramanaian-Swamy/articleshow/36668513.cms|title=Sanjay Jha tenders apology to Subramanaian Swamy|date=16 June 2014|agency=PTI|newspaper=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref> Swamy served legal notice to Jha on 12 May and sued him for INR 3 crores.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/sanjay-jha-tenders-apology-to-subramanaian-swamy-695452.html|title=Sanjay Jha tenders apology to Subramanaian Swamy|website=News18|date=16 June 2014|access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/sanjay-jha-apologises-to-subramanian-swamy-for-cia-agent-remark_940009.html|title=Sanjay Jha apologises to Subramanian Swamy for 'CIA agent' remark|date=2014-06-16|website=Zee News|language=en|access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> He then tendered an official apology stating “I, therefore, regret any disrepute or pain caused to Dr. Swamy since that was never my intention”.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/sanjay-jha-apologises-to-swamy/article6120517.ece|title=Sanjay Jha apologises to Swamy|date=2014-06-17|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-12-09|others=Special Correspondent|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/sanjay-jha-apologises-to-subramanaian-swamy/844908|title=Sanjay Jha Apologises to Subramanaian Swamy|last=|first=|date=|website=Outlook|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref> Earlier the same month, Jha also tweeted that [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] was the "weakest" Prime Minister of India, which drew strong reactions from the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] ( BJP),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/cong-distances-itself-from-sanjay-jhas-vajpayee-remark-1483475.html|title=Cong distances itself from Sanjay Jha's Vajpayee remark|website=Firstpost|date=16 April 2014|access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/news/Vajpayee-was-Indias-weakest-PM-says-Congress-leader-Sanjay-Jha/videoshow/33736694.cms|title=Vajpayee was India's weakest PM, says Congress leader Sanjay Jha {{!}} News - Times of India Videos|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/congress-does-a-u-turn-on-atal-bihari-vajpayee-sanjay-jha-calls-him-indias-weakest-pm/articleshow/33736288.cms|title=Congress does a U-turn on Atal Bihari Vajpayee; Sanjay Jha calls him India's weakest PM|date=2014-04-14|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref> and led to his own party distancing themselves from the remarks.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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In November 2017 he shared [[photoshopped]] pictures of BJP leaders and later apologised.<ref name="photoshopping">Sources which say Jha shared photoshopped pictures:<br />
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* {{Cite web|url=https://archive.boomlive.in/fake-photoshopped-pic-shows-police-officer-kneeling-before-rajnath-singh/|title=FAKE: Photoshopped Pic Shows Police Officer Kneeling Before Rajnath Singh {{!}} {{!}} BOOM|last=Kale|first=Krutika|date=2017-11-01|website=boomlive.in|access-date=2019-12-09}}<br />
* {{Cite web|url=https://www.altnews.in/fact-check-was-amit-malviya-the-first-to-tweet-about-karnataka-poll-dates/|title=Fact check: Was Amit Malviya the first to tweet about Karnataka poll dates?|last=Sidharth|first=Arjun|date=2018-03-27|website=Alt News|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-12-09}}<br />
* {{Cite web|url=https://www.altnews.in/fake-images-rajnath-singh-narendra-modi-viral-social-media/|title=Fake images of Rajnath Singh and Narendra Modi viral on social media|last=Desk|first=Alt News|date=2017-11-01|website=Alt News|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-12-09}}<br />
* {{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/fyi/story/rajnath-singh-fake-image-dgp-gujarat-congress-sanjay-jha-1078093-2017-11-01|title=FAKE ALERT: No, DGP of Gujarat is not touching Rajnath Singh's feet|newspaper=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-12-10|agency=Ist}}<br />
* {{Cite web|url=http://www.jansatta.com/trending-news/sanjay-jha-apologises-for-tweeting-fake-pic-of-rajnath-singh-after-getting-massively-trolled/472108/|title=राजनाथ की मॉर्फ्ड फोटो शेयर करके घिरे कांग्रेस प्रवक्ता, ट्रोल हुए तो डिलीट करके मांगी माफी|date=2017-11-01|website=Jansatta|language=hi|access-date=2019-12-10}}</ref><br />
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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.<ref name="Jha">News covering this remark are:<br />
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*{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/congress-sanjay-jha-twitter-sexist-narendra-modi-1488755-2019-03-28|title=PM sounds like a blonde, Sanjay Jha's sexist jibe at Modi draws wide criticism|newspaper=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-12-09|agency=Ist}}<br />
*{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/sanjay-jha-congress-leader-slammed-for-sexist-comment-on-pm-narendra-modi-talks-like-a-blonde-2014397|title="Talks Like A Blonde": Congress Leader Slammed For Sexist Comment On PM|website=NDTV.com|access-date=2019-12-09}}<br />
*{{Cite web|url=https://www.asianage.com/india/politics/290319/has-white-hair-but-talks-like-blonde-cong-leader-slammed-for-comment-on-pm.html|title='Has white hair, but talks like blonde': Cong leader slammed for comment on PM|date=2019-03-29|website=The Asian Age|access-date=2019-12-09}}<br />
*{{Cite web|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/congress-sanjay-jha-faces-backlash-for-using-sexist-jibe-to-troll-pm-3723901.html|title=Congress' Sanjay Jha faces backlash for using sexist jibe to troll PM|website=Moneycontrol|access-date=2019-12-09}}<br />
*{{Cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/sanjay-jha-congress-leader-blonde-remark-on-pm-modi|title='Like a Blonde': Cong Spokesperson's Remark on PM Modi Draws Ire|date=2019-03-29|website=The Quint|language=en|access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref> 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.<ref name="ink">News covering this claim are:<br />
*{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/erased-voting-ink-with-nail-polish-remover-sanjay-jha-731267.html|title=Erased voting ink with nail polish remover: Sanjay Jha|date=2019-04-29|website=Deccan Herald|language=en|access-date=2019-12-09}}<br />
*{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha-2019/story/lok-sabha-election-2019-indelible-ink-vanishes-again-congress-spokesperson-sanjay-jha-calls-it-scandalous-1512962-2019-04-29|title=Lok Sabha polls 2019: Indelible ink vanishes again, Congress's Sanjay Jha calls it scandalous|newspaper=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-12-09|agency=Ist}}<br />
*{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/article/indelible-ink-on-my-finger-vanished-after-applying-nail-polish-remover-congress-spokesperson-sanjay-jha/408996|title=Indelible ink on my finger vanished after applying nail polish remover: Congress spokesperson Sanjay Jha|website=www.timesnownews.com|language=en|access-date=2019-12-09}}<br />
*{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-congress-sanjay-jha-claims-indelible-ink-being-easily-removed-using-nail-polish-remover/329519|title=Congress' Sanjay Jha Claims Indelible Ink Being Easily Removed Using Nail Polish Remover|last=|first=|date=|website=Outlook India|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref><br />
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In 2020 he was sacked as the spokesperson of the Indian National Congress.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/sanjay-jha-removed-congress-spokesperson-article-tweet-sonia-gandhi/1995340/|title=Sanjay Jha sacked as Congress spokesperson after article critical of party leadership|date=18 June 2020}}</ref> The party justified his suspension as "anti-party activities" and "breach of discipline".<ref>https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-battle-has-just-begun-sanjay-jha-sacked-for-anti-party-activites-says-he-s-still-loyal-to-congress-2832392</ref><br />
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