Poonamben Maadam

Poonamben Maadam is Member of parliament from Jamnagar seat. She was member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Khambhalia in Jamnagar district.[1]

Poonamben Hematbhai Maadam
Member of Indian Parliament
Preceded byAhir Vikrambhai Arjanbhai Madam
ConstituencyJamnagar
Assumed office
May 2014
Personal details
Born (1974-09-23) 23 September 1974
Jamnagar, Gujarat
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)Perminder Kumar
Children1 daughter (deceased)
ResidenceNew Delhi
As of 22 April, 2019
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Family background

Her father was four-time independent MLA from Khambhalia during 1972–1990. Former Jamnagar Congress MP Virkam Maadam is an uncle. She is married to a former defense officer Parminder Mahajan.

She had a daughter named Shivani on 22 Feb 1995 and the daughter died in Singapore on 9 Dec 2018 due to burn injuries in Noida.[2]

Her grandfather Rambhai Maadam was active in Ahir/Yadav community work in the field of education. She was based in Delhi till 2009, but later she settled in Khambhalia. She originally came from Kalyanpur. Her great grandfather settled in Jamnagar.[3]

Career

Her uncle Vikram Madam was not happy with the rise of Poonam in politics. While Poonam Maadam was in Congress's probable candidates list for Khambhalia seat, Vikram Maadam was lobbying for Hebha bhai Karmur's candidature. Later she became a member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Khambhalia, as the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate.

She contested 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Jamnagar seat as the BJP candidate[4] and she won against her uncle Vikram Maadam of Congress. She got total 484,412 votes.[5]

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.[6][7]

She was reelected to the 17th Lok Sabha in 2019.

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