Claim: A signer of the Poona Pact is a politician.
Evidence: It was signed by Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya and Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar and some other leaders to break the fast unto death undertaken by Gandhi in Yerwada prison to annul the Macdonald Award giving separate electorates to Dalits for electing members of state legislative assemblies in British India.
Madan Mohan Malaviya -LRB- -LRB- 1861 -- 1946 -RRB- was an Indian educationist and politician notable for his role in the Indian independence movement and as the two time president of Indian National Congress.