Ajay Maken is an Indian Politician. He is a member of the Indian National Congress. He has been 2 times Member of the Indian Parliament and 3 times Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly. He is the general secretary of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) and a member of the Congress Working Committee (CWC).
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Wiki/Biography
Ajay Maken was born on Sunday, 12 January 1964 (age 59 years; as of 2023) in Delhi, India. His zodiac sign is Capricorn. Maken did his schooling at St. Xavier’s School, Delhi. Later, he did his Bachelor of Arts at Delhi University. He did his M.A. (Public Admin) at Himachal Pradesh University in the Year-2000. Initially, during college Ajay was preparing to join the family business and did not have any interest in politics, he was the president of the Delhi University Students Union (1985-86), Ajay Maken’s uncles, namely, Mr Satya Prakash Maken and Mr Lalit Maken, were into politics and held important positions during their lifetimes as Metropolitan Councilor and Trade Union leader, respectively. Ajay followed the legacy, and later motivated by Rajiv Gandhi, he decided to join Indian National Congress.
Family
Parents & Siblings
Ajay Maken’s father, C.P. Maken was a businessman and a politician and his mother, Santosh Maken is a homemaker. Ajay has 3 sisters, Nidhi, Avantika and Nupur.
Ajay Maken’s sisters
Wife & Children
Ajay Maken got married to Radhika Maken on 21 January 1991. Radhika Menon has a postgraduate degree in Food and Nutrition Science. The couple has 2 daughters, namely, Aarushi Maken who is the director of FORTUNE IT Park Private Limited, and Ahana Maken who is an Investment Banker. The couple also has a son who is a student at The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata.
Ajay Maken with his daughter Ahana Maken
Ajay Maken with his daughter Aarushi Maken
Ajay Maken (in the centre) with his family
Other Relatives
Ajay Maken belongs to a family of freedom fighters and politicians. His great grandfather Shri Jagat Ram and grandfather Shri O. P. Maken were freedom fighters. His uncle Satya Prakash Maken was a Metropolitan Councilor, who died at the young age of 26 which led his other Uncle Lalit Maken to join politics. Lalit Maken later became a popular Trade Union leader and also an MP. He was married to Smt. Gitanjali, who was the daughter of Late Shri Shankar Dayal Sharma, the ex-President of India. The demise of Lalit Maken and his wife Gitanjali saw the entry of Ajay Maken into active politics.
Lalit Maken
Address
J-12/2, Rajouri GardenNew Delhi -110 027Tel. (011) 25157777
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Career
Delhi university elections
During his graduation from Delhi University, Ajay started participating in political activities. He became the President of the Delhi University Student’s Union in the year 1985. Maken was the first NSUI candidate to be elected as the President of Delhi University.
Political career
He became an MLA at the age of 29 and parliamentary secretary to chief minister Sheila Dikshit, when he was 34. Maken has been elected as a Member of Parliament twice (from 2004 to 2014) and the Member of Legislative Assembly thrice (from 1993 to 2004), he also became the youngest Union Cabinet Minister from the Congress Party for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (2012–13), Union Minister of State for Sports and Youth Affairs (2011–12), Union Minister of State for Home Affairs (2009–2011), Union Minister of State for Urban Development (2006–2007). At the age of 39, he was the youngest Speaker in the Country and Parliamentary Secretary to Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit (1998-2001).
Ajay Maken with Sheila Dikshit
Assets & Properties
Movable Assets
- Bank Deposits: Rs. 1,02,17,838
- Motor Vehicles: Rs. 2,13,426
- Bonds, Debentures and Shares in Companies: 30,87,353
- Other Assets (such as values of claims/interests): Rs. 14,68,037
Immovable Assets
- Non-Agricultural Land: Rs 54,80,000
- Residential Buildings: Rs 66,21,400
Note: The given estimates of movable and immovable assets are according to the year 2013. It excludes the assets owned by his wife and dependents.
Net Worth
Ajay Maken’s net worth for the financial year 2013-14 was estimated to be Rs. 3 Crores. It excludes the net worth of his wife and dependents.
Controversies
Ajay Maken attacks Milind Deora
Former Mumbai Congress president Milind Deora wrote a tweet praising Arvind Kejriwal. In response to that he was attacked on Twitter by Ajay Maken.
Brother,you want to leave @INCIndia-Please do-Then propagate half baked facts!
However,let me share even lesser know facts-1997-98-BE (Revenue) 4,073cr2013-14-BE (Revenue) 37,459crDuring Congress Govt Grew at 14.87% CAGR
2015-16 BE 41,1292019-20 BE 60,000AAP Gov 9.90% CAGR
— Ajay Maken (@ajaymaken) February 16, 2020
Facts/Trivia
- Maken’s verified Facebook page has 99,154 ‘likes’. But only a part of it – 3,045 likes, or 3.1% of total likes – is from India. Users from Turkey account for 33.9% while those from Russia (24.9%), Ukraine (12.5%) and the US (9.5%) account for the rest.
- Ajay Maken is the director of the Non-government corporate firm Fortune IT Park Private Limited along with his wife and daughter.
- In an interview, talking about the incident of Rahul Gandhi tearing the ordinance, Maken said,
First, by backing Kejriwal, we are going against the decisions and wisdom of numerous respected leaders: Baba Sahib Ambedkar on 21st October 1947, Pandit Nehru and Sardar Patel in 1951, another decision of Pt Nehru in 1956, Lal Bahadur Shastri Ji as Home Minister in 1964 and as Prime Minister in 1965, and Sh. Narasimha Rao in 1991, if the ordinance is not passed in the Rajya Sabha, it would give Kejriwal “a unique privilege previously denied to Chief Ministers like Sheila Dikshit, Madan Lal Khurana, Sahib Singh Verma, and Sushma Swaraj”
Ajay Maken (on right) with Rahul Gandhi
- When first Ajay Maken expressed his desire to become a politician, his father refused him because Ajay’s uncles both died at a very young age due to politics.
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