Pankaja Munde
| Pankaja Gopinath Munde-Palwe | |
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| पंकजा गोपीनाथ मुंडे-पालवे | |
| Minister of Rural Development Women and Child Welfare Government of Maharashtra |
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Assumed office 31 October 2014 |
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Assumed office 2009 |
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| Constituency | Parli, Maharashtra |
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| Born | 26 July 1979 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse(s) | Amit Palwe |
| Relations | Pritam Munde(Sister)Yashashri (Sister ) |
| Children | 1 |
| Parents | Late Gopinath Munde(Father) Pradnya Munde(mother) |
| Residence | Mumbai |
| Profession | Politician |
| Website | Pankaja Munde Official Web |
Pankaja Munde-Palwe is an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party. She is current Minister of Rural Development, Women and Child Welfare as well as Maharashtra State Guardian Minister for Latur district and Beed district in Government of Maharashtra.
Pankaja was born on 26 July 1979 to Central Cabinet Minister Late Gopinath Munde and Pradnya Munde. She has two younger siblings, Pritam Munde and Yashashari. She completed her graduation and also holds an MBA. She is a niece of late Pramod Mahajan, and a cousin to Rahul Mahajan and Poonam Mahajan. NCP leader Dhananjay Munde leader is also her cousin.
Her father, Gopinath Munde, died of road accident at New Delhi on 3 June 2014.
Pankaja Munde served as the State President of BJP's youth wing, the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), in 2012. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra from Parli constituency in 2009. She took oath as Maharashtra Cabinet Minister on 31 October 2014. She was allotted Ministry of Rural Development, Women & Child welfare and Water Conservation.
Before 2014 Maharashtra assembly election, Maharashtra BJP has also announced a two-week "Punha Sangharsh Yatra" planned & led by Pankaja Munde along the lines of a yatra undertaken by Mr Munde in 1995 after which the Shiv Sena-BJP came to power in the state. The 14 days long yatra started on 27 August 2014. Politicians like Amit Shah, Smriti Irani, Rajiv Pratap Rudy have attended this Yatra. Pankaja Munde covered 79 assembly constituencies by doing 600 rallies and 3500 km of road journey.‘Punha Sangharsh Yatra’ got an overwhelming response and supporters of Pankaja Munde want her as Chief Minister of Maharashtra but she never aspired or planned to pitch herself as chief minister.
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