[1][2] He was born in village Lakhlan Choti of district Churu in Rajasthan, into the family of Choudhary Jagmal Poonia of the Hindu Jat clan.
Poonia entered elections from the Sadulpur Constituency in Rajasthan in 1977 as Janata Party candidate and became PWD Minister.
In western terms, he can be roughly categorized as a populist agrarian leader who is ready to adopt a market economy for the benefit of the "kissan" or peasant.
1977-80: Member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly (MLA) Sadulpur Churu Vidhan Sabha for the Janata Party.
2013- Won the state assembly election from Taranagar constituency contesting on BJP ticket[4] by 11,136 votes He died on 7 November 2021 due to a cardiac arrest.