| Ajay Maken's desire to enter politics was initially rejected by his father due to his uncles' premature deaths in politics. |
| His grandfathers, Jagat Ram and O. P. Maken, were both freedom fighters in India. |
| Lalit Maken joined politics after his brother, Satya Prakash Maken, was assassinated and became a prominent trade union leader and member of parliament. |
| Lalit Maken married Gitanjali, daughter of India's ninth president Shankar Dayal Sharma, and both were tragically killed in 1985. |
| Following the deaths of Lalit Maken and Gitanjali, Ajay Maken entered politics. |
| Ajay Maken became the youngest Union Cabinet Minister from the Congress Party in 2012, specializing in Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation. |
| He enjoys playing cricket and golf during his free time. |
| Ajay Maken is a director at Fortune IT Park Private Limited, a non-governmental corporate firm he runs with his wife and daughter. |
| In November 2022, he resigned from key positions within the Congress Working Committee but was reinstated in August 2023 to the CWC by Mallikarjun Kharge. |
