Poonam Mahajan
Poonam Mahajan Rao | |
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| File:Poonam Mahajan.jpg | |
| Member of the India Parliament for Mumbai North Central | |
| Assumed office 16 May 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Priya Dutt |
| Majority | 1,86,771 (22.09%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 December 1980 Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Parent(s) | Pramod Mahajan (father, deceased) Rekha Mahajan (mother) |
| Residence | Mumbai |
Poonam Mahajan alias Poonam Vajendla Rao[1] (born 9 December 1980) is a Member of Parliament[2] from Mumbai North Central and a politician of the BJP. She is also the President of the Basketball Federation of India. She is also first women President of Basketball Federation of India [3]
Early life
She was born in Mumbai to Rekha Mahajan and the late Pramod Mahajan leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. Her brother is Rahul Mahajan. She along with her brother studied abroad in the United States and lived in London, England. They still maintain a residence in the United Kingdom.
Career
Following her father's murder in 2006, Poonam Mahajan joined the Bharatiya Janata Party as a normal member of the party, with the encouragement of her uncle late Gopinath Munde, himself an ex-Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra state. Now she's the national secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party
In the run up to the Lok Sabha elections she made efforts to register new and young voters in south Mumbai and subsequently expected to get the LS ticket from that area.
Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha is the youth wing of the parent body and as per internal constitution it elects/selects new team after every 3–5 years. Mahajan was made National Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha in August 2010.
She contested the 2014 Indian general election from Mumbai North Central.[4] and won with a margin of 1.86 lakh votes in one of the biggest upsets in this Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra. She defeated her nearest rival and two-time MP Priya Dutt of the Congress.
Personal life
She is married to Anand Rao Vejandla, an industrialist from Hyderabad. They have one son Aadya Rao Vajandla & daughter Avika Rao Vajandla.[5]
Positions held
Within BJP
- General Secretary, BJYM, Maharashtra
- BJP State in-charge, Dadra Nagar Haveli
Legislative
- Member, Member of Parliament - Since May 2014
- 1 Sep. 2014 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Urban Development
- 8 Dec. 2014 onwards Member, Committee on Private Members` Bills[6]
- 8 Dec. 2014 onwards Resolutions Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance and Corporate Affairs[7]
External links
References
- ^ EC
- ^ http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4660
- ^ Poonam Mahajan becomes first women president of Basketball Federation of India
- ^ "Poonam Mahajan is BJP Candidate from Mumbai North Central in Lok Sabha Polls". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ^ http://docs2.myneta.info/affidavits/ews3ls2014/5902/Poonam%20Mahajan.pdf
- ^ http://164.100.47.134/lsscommittee/Private%20Members%60%20Bills%20and%20Resolutions/16_Private_Members%60_Bills_and_Resolutions_12.pdf
- ^ http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/author/poonammahajan/
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- Poonam mahajan become party member
- Poonam mahajan likely to contest
- Poonam Mahajan denied ticket
- Pramod Mahajan dreamt of BJP-AGP alliance in Assam: Daughter
- MNS wave led to my defeat in Maharashtra assembly polls: Poonam Mahajan
- Poonam Mahajan is BJP youth wing VP
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| Shiv Sena (18) | |
| Nationalist Congress Party (5) | |
| Indian National Congress (2) | |
| Swabhimani Paksha (1) | |
| GE 2014 result summary |
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| See also Rajya Sabha members from MH for | |
