Pritam Munde

Some Lesser Known Facts About Pritam Munde

• Dr. Pritam Gopinath Munde is a doctor and an Indian politician who is a Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha from Beed, Maharashtra. She is known for her record-breaking victory during the 2014 elections when she won the seat with a margin of 6,96,321 votes, the highest ever in India’s electoral history.

• Pritam Munde is the second daughter of former BJP leader Gopinath Munde. Gopinath Munde was the shortest served cabinet minister in Indian history as he died in a road accident a week after his appointment in the cabinet.

  

• In the 2019 elections, Pritam Munde was competing against the Nationalist Congress Party’s candidate Bajrang Sonwane. Pritam won the elections with a margin of 1.68 lakh votes.

• Pritam was born in a political family, and she has been surrounded by some well-known politicians throughout her life. She is the niece of Pramod Mahajan, a well-known leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and she is a cousin of Rahul Mahajan and Poonam Mahajan. The leader of NCP, Dhananjay Munde is also her cousin brother.

  

• While Pritam Munde is the member of parliament in the Lok Sabha from Beed, her elder sister, Pankaja Munde was an MLA from the Parli constituency, and in 2020, she was appointed as the National Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

• Pritam’s elder sister, Pankaja Munde, arranged for a memorial of her father and senior BJP leader, Gopinath Munde at the Parli constituency in the Beed district. She requested a 20-ft tall statue of his father to be built within Vaidyanath Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Ltd., Pangri, Maharashtra. The place was named as ‘Gopinath Gad’ and various social activities, skill development, education scholarships & more such activities take place through the Gopinath Gad Prathisthan.

  

• Pritam Munde got married to Gaurav Khade in December 2009. The wedding took place at Shivaji Maratha Preparatory Military School, Pune. The preparations of the wedding were carried out by Wizcraft International and the family chose a Royal Maratha wedding theme. It was reported that the leading sugar baron and BJP leader, Gopinath Munde, had spent more than Rs. 5 crores on the wedding. Many senior BJP leaders like, L K Advani, Arun Jaitley, Rajnath Singh, and other ministers from across the country attended the wedding. ^[4]Hindustan Times

  

• Pritam Munde is a fitness enthusiast and every day she follows a strict fitness routine to keep herself healthy.

  

• On 11 July 2021, fourteen BJP officials working in the Beed district resigned from their post in the party to protest against the decision of non-inclusion of MP Pritam Munde in the newly formed union council of ministers. Pritam Munde spoke to the media and said-
  

  We share a very cordial bond with our supporters. It is a long-lasting relationship not based on power or post. They are hurt…”