Background
Her father was four-time independent Modern Language Association from Khambhalia during 1972-1990.
Her father was four-time independent Modern Language Association from Khambhalia during 1972-1990.
Her grandfather Rambhai Madam was active in Aahir community work in the field of education. She was based in Delhi till 2009, but later she settled in Khambhalia. She originally belongs to Kalyanpur.
Her great grandfather settled in Jamnagar.
She got total 484412 votes. Madam came in limelight in April, 2015 during a "Bhagwat Katha" programme organised in Gujarat"s Veraval, where the Member of Parliament 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.
Her distant uncle Vikram Madam was not happy with the rise of Poonam in politics. She contested 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Jamnagar seat as Bhartiya Janata Party candidate and she won.
She was member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Khambhalia in Jamnagar district.Sgsh
While Poonam Madam was in Congress’s probable candidates list for Khambhalia seat, Vikram Madam was lobbying for Ebhabhai Karmur’s candidature.Later she became member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Khambhalia as BJP candidate.