Pramod Mahajan's daughter Poonam joins BJP

Mumbai, Oct 30: The BJP today conferred the primary membership of the party on late Pramod Mahajan's daughter Poonam Mahajan Rao in the presence of Maharashtra BJP president Nitin Gadkari and senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde.

Today ws also the 57th birth anniversary of her late father who died on May 3 after being shot at by his younger brother Pravin Mahajan.

The party has organised several programmes on this occasion.

Rahul Mahajan, son of the late Pramod Mahajan, is also releasing a documentary on his father today.

Talking to reporters, Ms Poonam Mahajan-Rao said that she is starting as the primary member of the party.

''I am joining the BJP to fulfill the dreams of my father.

Education and tribal welfare were important issues for my father and I would also lay stress on the same. I will take any responsibility that the party gives me'', she added.

When mediapersons pointed out to her that her father was considered the architect of the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance, Poonam quipped, tht she had the ''same feelings'' for the Shiv Sena as she had for the BJP.

UNI

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