Poonamben Maadam
Poonamben Hematbhai Maadam | |
|---|---|
| Member of Indian Parliament | |
| In office May, 2014 - | |
| Preceded by | Ahir Vikrambhai Arjanbhai Madam |
| Constituency | Jamnagar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 September 1974 Jamnagar, Gujarat |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Shri Perminder Kumar |
| Children | 1 daughter |
| Residence | Jamnagar |
As of 20 April, 2015 Source: [1] | |
Poonamben Madam is Member of parliament from Jamnagar seat. She was member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Khambhalia in Jamnagar district.[1]
Family background
Her father was four-time independent MLA from Khambhalia during 1972-1990. Former Jamnagar Congress MP Virkam Madam is distant uncle.She is married to a former defense officer Parminder Mahajan. Her grandfather Rambhai Madam was active in Aahir community work in the field of education. She was based in Delhi till 2009, but later she settled in Khambhalia. She originally belongs to Kalyanpur. Her great grandfather settled in Jamnagar.[2]
Career
Her distant uncle Vikram Madam was not happy with the rise of Poonam in politics. While Poonam Madam was in Congress’s probable candidates list for Khambhalia seat, Vikram Madam was lobbying for Ebhabhai Karmur’s candidature.Later she became member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Khambhalia as BJP candidate.
She contested 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Jamnagar seat as Bhartiya Janata Party candidate[3] and she won. She got total 484412 votes.[4]
Madam came in limelight in April, 2015 during a 'Bhagwat Katha' programme organised in Gujarat's Veraval, where the MP was seen dancing in a crowd and where currency notes worth nearly Rs 3 crore($500,000) were showered by the crowd in merely 30 seconds.[5][6]
