Mumbai: Carrying forward late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan's political legacy, his daughter Poonam Rao on Monday joined the BJP ahead of her brother Rahul who was being tipped as his father's political heir.
Poonam signed the membership form at the Mumbai BJP office in the presence of Rahul, uncle and senior party leader Gopinath Munde and state unit president Nitin Gadkari.
"I will work towards fulfilling my father's legacy as he felt very strongly about educational and women's issues. I am just an ordinary worker and will follow whatever orders the
party gives," Poonam told reporters.
She parried a question on why she had been inducted in the BJP ahead of Rahul, and said, "My entry into politics was not accidental."
"I was planning to take the membership since a long time and had been doing social work for some time but there are some limitations. In politics, there will be no limits to
what I can do," Poonam added.
Meanwhile, Rahul expressed happiness over his sister's inclusion in the party.
"I wish her all the best. We are one, it does not make a difference who joins the party, she or me. The BJP is in our blood and I would continue to work for it,” he said.
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