Poonam Mahajan

Poonam Mahajan Rao
Member of the India Parliament
for Mumbai North Central
Assumed office
16 May 2014
Preceded by Priya Dutt
Majority 1,86,771 (22.09%)
National President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha
Assumed office
16 December 2016
Preceded by Anurag Thakur
Personal details
Born (1980-12-09) 9 December 1980
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality Indian
Political party Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s) Anand Rao
Children 2
Parents 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 Bharatiya Janata Party , or BJP. She was appointed as President of Bhartiya Janta Party Yuva Morcha BJYM in December 2016,[3] Youth Wing of BJP. She was also the President of the Basketball Federation of India, a rank which she is the first female to hold.[4]

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.

Career

Following her father's murder in 2006, Poonam Mahajan joined the Bhartiya Janta Party as a member of the party, with the encouragement of her uncle, th late Gopinath Munde, an ex-Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra state. Now she's the National President of BJYM, the Bharatiya Janata Party's Youth Wing

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 drafts a new leadership team after every 3–5 years. Mahajan was made National Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha in August 2010.

She ran in the 2014 Indian general election from Mumbai North Central[5] and won with a margin of 1.86 lakh votes in one of the biggest upsets in the 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 named Aadya Rao and a daughter by the name of Avika Rao. [6]

Positions held

Within BJP

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[7]
  • 8 Dec. 2014 onwards Resolutions Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance and Corporate Affairs[8]

References

  1. ↑ EC
  2. ↑ http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4660
  3. ↑ http://www.bjym.org/poonam-mahajan-newly-appointed-bharatiya-janata-yuva-morcha-president/
  4. ↑ Poonam Mahajan becomes first women president of Basketball Federation of India
  5. ↑ "Poonam Mahajan is BJP Candidate from Mumbai North Central in Lok Sabha Polls". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  6. ↑ http://docs2.myneta.info/affidavits/ews3ls2014/5902/Poonam%20Mahajan.pdf
  7. ↑ http://164.100.47.134/lsscommittee/Private%20Members%60%20Bills%20and%20Resolutions/16_Private_Members%60_Bills_and_Resolutions_12.pdf
  8. ↑ http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/author/poonammahajan/
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