Poonam Mahajan

Poonam Mahajan
Poonam Mahajan
Mahajan in 2017
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
2014–2024
Preceded byPriya Dutt
Succeeded byVarsha Gaikwad
ConstituencyMumbai North Central
National President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha
In office
16 December 2016 – 26 September 2020
Preceded byAnurag Thakur
Succeeded byTejasvi Surya
Personal details
Born (1980-12-09) 9 December 1980 (age 43)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseAnand Rao
ChildrenAadya Rao
Avika Rao
Parent(s)Pramod Mahajan (father)
Rekha Mahajan (mother)
RelativesRahul Mahajan (Brother)
ResidenceMumbai
OccupationPolitician
Websitepoonammahajan.in

Poonam Mahajan[1] (born 9 December 1980) is an Indian politician and a former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Mumbai North Central, Constituency, Maharashtra. She is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[2] She has served as the National President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the youth wing of the BJP, from December 2016 to September 2020.[3] Mahajan was the President of the Basketball Federation of India, the first female to hold this position.[4] In addition, she currently serves as Chair of the Maharashtra State Animal Welfare Board.[5]

  1. ^ "Constituencywise-All Candidates". Archived from the original on 28 June 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
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  3. ^ "Poonam Mahajan, newly appointed Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha President – BJYM : Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha : भाजयुमो : भारतीय जनता युवा मोर्चा". Archived from the original on 2 January 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Poonam Mahajan becomes first women president of Basketball Federation of India". DNA India. 28 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Maharashtra animal welfare board re-constituted | Nagpur News - Times of India". The Times of India.