Poonamben Hematbhai Maadam | |
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Preceded by | Ahir Vikrambhai Arjanbhai Madam |
Constituency | Jamnagar |
Assumed office 16 May 2014 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Jamnagar,Gujarat | 23 September 1974
Political party | Indian National Congress (2009 - 2012) Bharatiya Janata Party (2012 - Present) |
Spouse | Perminder Kumar |
Children | 1 daughter (deceased) |
Residence | New Delhi |
As of 22 April,2019 Source: |
Poonamben Maadam (b 1974) is a politician from Gujarat state in India. She is the Member of parliament,Lok Sabha from Jamnagar. Earlier,she was a member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Khambhalia in dwarka district. [1]
Poonamben Maadam is the daughter of Dinaben and Hematbhai Maadam. She holds a bachelor's degree in commerce from Gujarat University. She is married to a former defence officer Parminder Mahajan. (Ref:Members:Lok Sabha.) [2]
Her father served as independent MLA for four consecutive terms during 1972–1990 in Jamkhambhaliya. Her grandfather Rambhai Maadam was active in Ahir/Yadav community work in the field of education. Jam Khambhaliya's Congress MLA Vikram Maadam is her uncle.
Their daughter Shivani (born 22 Feb 1995),died in Singapore on 9 Dec 2018 due to burn injuries suffered in Noida. [3]
She was a member of the Congress party at the beginning of her political career but later,joined BJP. [4]
She was a member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from 2012 to 2014. She contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Jamnagar's seat as the BJP candidate and won against her uncle Vikram Maadam of Congress. She got a total of 484,412 votes and won with a margin of 175,289 votes. She got 5,91,588 votes in 2019 and was re-elected with a margin of 2,36,804 for the 17th Lok Sabha.
Poonam Maadam has been a member of various parliamentary committees:(Members:Lok Sabha (loksabhaph.nic.in) •Committee on Empowerment of Women •Standing Committee on Industry •Consultative Committee,Ministry of Civil Aviation •Committee on Public Undertakings •Zonal Railway Users’Consultative Committee •Institute body of AIIMS-Rajkot
Poonam Maadam is a member of IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union) and has contributed to forming policies as a young woman parliamentarian. (Ref 206th session of Governing Council of Inter-Parliamentary Union concludes (aninews.in)
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In May 2017,Maadam was injured during her visit to Jalaramnagar area of Jamnagar city to stop demolition drive. [5]
A news flashed in April,2015 during a 'Bhagwat Katha' programme organised in Gujarat's Veraval to raise funds for welfare initiates in the area. It was reported that Rs 3 crore was raised. [6]
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