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Pramod Mahajan

Pramod Mahajan
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Date of birthOctober 30, 1949
Place of birthMahabubnagar, Andhra Pradesh
Date of deathMay 3, 2006(age 56)
Place of deathMumbai, Maharashtra
Political partyBJP
SpouseSmt. Rekha Pramod Mahajan
ChildrenOne son (Rahul Mahajan) and one daughter (Poonam Mahajan Rao)
ResidenceMumbai
Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha)

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Pramod Venkatesh Mahajan (प्रमोद व्यंकटेश महाजन in Devanagari) (30 October 1949 3 May 2006) was a prominent Indian politician. He was one of the most powerful second generation leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and, at the time of his death, was locked in a power struggle over who would take over the reins of the BJP when the current aging leadership retires. He belonged to a group of relatively young "technocrat" leaders who lack a grassroots political base, although he was fairly popular in his home state of Maharashtra in western India.

He was a member of the Rajya Sabha and a General Secretary of his party. He had been credited with being an architect of numerous poll victories for his party, though he contested only 2 Loksabha elections from Mumbai - North East constituency.

He won in 1996 but lost in 1998. He was the brain behind the BJP campaign in 2004 elections and he accepted the responsibility of not getting the expected number of seats in that election.

He was blamed by many in the old guard of the BJP and the RSS for moving his party away from the culture of austerity to a "five-star" culture. His proximity to industrialists was also a cause for comment. As a minister in charge of telecommunications between 2001 and 2003, he played a major role in India's cellular revolution, but was also accused of improperly favouring Reliance Infocomm. He was widely seen as a successful Parliamentary Affairs minister due to his good relations with political parties across the ideological spectrum.

On 22 April 2006, he was shot at and fatally injured by his brother Pravin Mahajan over a family dispute. He succumbed to his wounds 13 days later. His brother was sentenced to lifetime imprisonment by the court in 2007. Pravin Mahajan died on 3 March 2010 of brain haemorrhage.

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Rahul Mahajan, son of late Pramod Mahajan has been accused of domestic violence by his second wife, Dimpy Ganguly.
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Ep39 (24 Sep): Rahul Mahajan talks about his father Pramod Mahajan's death and how he coped with it. Diana ?Hayden, Raja Chaudhary, Debojit Saha, Ashutosh Kaushik and Zulfi Syed give a sympathetic ear.
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Pramodji Mahajan lecture on the "Art of Speech".
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The Mahajans split right down the middle after the murder of the man who held the clan together. Blood ties severed, brother turned against brother, the day Pravin Mahajan reportedly pumped three bullets into Pramod Mahajan. A family was resultantly thrown into pain and confusion from which they would recover, but never entirely.
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Pramodji Mahajan lecture on the "Art of Speech".
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Rahul Mahajan talks about the death of his father Pramod Mahajan, Bigg Boss, politics and all the controversies surrounding him.
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Poonam Mahajan tells Star News in "Jo Kahunga Sacch Kahunga" that Pravin Mahajan is the killer of his father- Pramod Mahajan.
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A tribute to Late Pramod Mahajan by his daughter Poonam Mahajan-Rao.
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India Today--The influential OBC leader from Maharashtra has been sulking for quite some time, accusing the party of marginalising him, especially since the death of his brother-in-law -Pramod Mahajan-. His recent meetings with Union Minister for Rural De - Date : Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:57:11 GMT+00:00
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Business Standard (blog)---Pramod Mahajan-, BJP general secretary, detailed the party's position in the states, based on inputs received from various agencies. In fact, Mahajan was keen on a high-level consultation before the elections to plug the lo - Date : Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:20:13 GMT+00:00
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Business Standard (blog)--Singh had merely echoed -Pramod Mahajan-. But Mayawati rushed to the Capital and targeted Singh for his remarks. “He should introspect before making a comment on my government,” an irrepressible Mayawati told reporters here t - Date : Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:30:22 GMT+00:00
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Business Standard (blog)--Madanlal Khurana, Delhi BJP chief, had interceded to arrange a meeting between truckers and -Pramod Mahajan-, BJP general secretary, yesterday, who prevailed upon Khanduri to give the truckers an appointment for today. “We have - Date : Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:30:22 GMT+00:00
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Business Standard (blog)--The BSNL-MTNL merger proposal was originally mooted by former Communications Minister -Pramod Mahajan-. The market viewed it as a ploy to delay the disinvestment process in the two public sector firms. The disinvestment commissio - Date : Tue, 12 Apr 2011 06:50:22 GMT+00:00
Trial in drugs abuse case against Rahul Mahajan to restart - Indian Express Tweet this news
Indian Express--New Delhi: The stalled trial in the drug abuse case involving Rahul Mahajan, son of slain BJP leader -Pramod Mahajan-, is all set to resume with a Delhi court fixing the matter for recording of testimonies of two forensic experts of the AI - Date : Fri, 08 Apr 2011 21:56:37 GMT+00:00
Tata Power plans $500 mn perpetual bond issue - Business Standard (blog) Tweet this news
Business Standard (blog)--The meeting, expected here in a fortnight, will be a sequel to a similar exercise undertaken by the party leadership in Mumbai last month, where BJP president M Venkaiah Naidu along with his general secretaries -Pramod Mahajan-, - Date : Sat, 09 Apr 2011 06:31:22 GMT+00:00
Four Soft Signs business contract with Vantec Corporation - Business Standard (blog) Tweet this news
Business Standard (blog)--The truckers have already met Bharatiya Janata Party General Secretary -Pramod Mahajan- and party leader Madan Lal Khurana on the issue. Saksena said the agitation would be intensified by including essential services like milk an - Date : Wed, 06 Apr 2011 09:20:35 GMT+00:00
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Business Standard (blog)--BJP general secretary -Pramod Mahajan- was averse to CAS even when he was in the government, they remarked. However, the implementation of CAS from July 14 would be a tough political choice for the government.--- - Date : Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:11:25 GMT+00:00



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