Poonam Mahajan alias Poonam Vajendla Rao is a Member of Parliament from Mumbai North Central and a politician of the BJP.
Background
She was born in Mumbai to Rekha Mahajan and the late Pramod Mahajan, another leader of BJP. Following her father"s murder in 2006, Poonam Mahajan joined the BJP as a normal member of the party, with the encouragement of her uncle Late Gopinath Munde, himself an ex-Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra state.
Career
She is also the President of the Basketball Federation of India. Her brother is Rahul Mahajan. Now she"s the national secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party
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 Liberal Studies ticket from that area.
Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha is the youth wing of the parent body and as per internal constitution it elects/selects new team after every 3–5 years.
On 13 August 2010 Poonam Mahajan was made National Vice President of BJP Yuva Morcha. She contested the 2014 Indian general election from Mumbai North Central.