Pramod Mahajan | |
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| Union Minister of Communications and Information Technology | |
| In office 2 September 2001 – 28 January 2003 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Ram Vilas Paswan |
| Succeeded by | Arun Shourie |
| Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | |
| In office 13 October 1999 – 29 January 2003 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Rangarajan Kumaramangalam |
| Succeeded by | Sushma Swaraj |
| In office 16 May 1996 – 1 June 1996 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Ghulam Nabi Azad |
| Succeeded by | Ram Vilas Paswan |
| Union Minister of Defence | |
| In office 16 May 1996 – 1 June 1996 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| Succeeded by | Mulayam Singh Yadav |
| Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting | |
| In office 05 December 1998 – 13 October 1999 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Sushma Swaraj |
| Succeeded by | Arun Jaitley |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 10 May 1996 – 28 February 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Gurudas Kamat |
| Succeeded by | Gurudas Kamat |
| Constituency | Mumbai North East |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 05 July 1998 – 03 May 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Sushil Kumar Shinde |
| Succeeded by | Rahul Bajaj |
| Constituency | Maharashtra |
| In office 05 July 1986 – 10 May 1996 | |
| Preceded by | Shanti Patel |
| Succeeded by | Ram Kapse |
| Constituency | Maharashtra |
| 3rd President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha | |
| In office 1986–1988 | |
| Preceded by | Satya Deo Singh |
| Succeeded by | Rajnath Singh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Pramod Venkatesh Mahajan 30 October 1949 Mahbubnagar, Hyderabad State (present-day Telangana), India |
| Died | 3 May 2006 (aged 56) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Manner of death | Assassination by gunshots |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Rekha Mahajan |
| Children | Rahul Mahajan Poonam Mahajan |
| Relatives | Gopinath Munde (brother-in-law) |
| Residence(s) | Worli, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
As of 5 May 2006 Source: [1] | |
Pramod Venkatesh Mahajan (30 October 1949 – 3 May 2006) was an Indian politician from Maharashtra.[1] A second-generation leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he belonged to a group of relatively young "technocratic" leaders. At the time of his death, he was in a power struggle for the leadership of the BJP, given the imminent retirement of its aging top brass.[2]
He was a member of the Rajya Sabha and a General Secretary of his party. He contested only two Lok Sabha elections from Mumbai – North East constituency. He won in 1996 but lost in 1998. As Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's telecommunications minister between 2001 and 2003, he played a major role in India's cellular revolution. He was widely seen as a successful Parliamentary Affairs minister due to his good relations with members of political parties across the ideological spectrum.[3]
On 22 April 2006, he was shot by his brother Pravin Mahajan over a family dispute. He succumbed to his injury 13 days later. Pravin was sentenced to lifetime imprisonment by the court in 2007.
- ^ Revathi Krishnan (3 May 2020). "Pramod Mahajan, BJP's master strategist and troubleshooter before Amit Shah". theprint.in. ThePrint. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
Pramod Mahajan was the brain behind the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance in Maharashtra and was believed to be the only person Bal Thackeray trusted in the party
- ^ Biswas, Soutik (30 December 2005). "What next for the BJP?". BBC News. Retrieved 2 September 2005.
- ^ "Mahajan, Shri Pramod. Biographical sketch". Rajya Sabha. Archived from the original on 30 April 2006. Retrieved 2 September 2006.