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    Good governance is going to be the future: Piyush Goyal and Poonam Mahajan in conversation

    In a candid conversation with each other, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal and MP Poonam Mahajan reveal their softer side.
    by India Today Dec 14, 2017 5 minutes

    Apart from being from political families, Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal and Poonam Mahajan, MP, have many habits in common dedication to work, fondness for social work, love for Mumbai and inclination towards family life. In a candid conversation with each other, the hardened politicians reveal their softer side.

    Poonam Mahajan: I have been calling you Happy bhaiyya since childhood. What is the story behind the name Happy?

    Piyush Goyal: When I was a baby, a friend of my father's, Rajendra ji, came home. My mother pointed out that I was always smiling, so he said, name him Happy. Since then I am called Happy.

    Mahajan: Don't you feel lucky? That is always a question I am asked. Dynasty and legacy are questions put to us all the time. Earlier, I would become really angry. How do you deal with it?

    Goyal: We are proud that we are not part

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