Indu Goswami
Indu Goswami | |
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Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
Assumed office 22 July 2020 | |
Preceded by | Viplove Thakur |
Constituency | Himachal Pradesh |
Personal details | |
Born | 12 April 1967 |
Nationality | Indian |
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Children | 1 |
Alma mater | Himachal Pradesh University[1] |
Indu Bala Goswami is an Indian politician and the state president of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of Himachal pradesh. She is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian Parliament from Himachal Pradesh as a member of the BJP. She was chairperson of the State Women Commission Himachal Pradesh and State Social Welfare Board Himachal Pradesh.[2][3][4][5]
Political career
[edit]Indu Goswami joined the BJP in 1988, she had been working as a party worker for a long time and had worked with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the late 80s as the vice-president of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha.
Goswami has unsuccessfully contested the 2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Palampur against congress’ Ashish Butail.[6]
In 2020, she was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Himachal Pradesh on BJP ticket.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Indu Bala Goswami| National Portal of India".
- ^ "Himachal: BJP's Indu Bala Goswami elected to Rajya Sabha". The Indian Express. 19 March 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ "Indu Goswami BJP's nominee for RS seat". Bhanu P Lohumi. The Tribune. 15 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ "Sharad Pawar, Harivansh among several candidates elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha". The Times of India. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- ^ "BJP's Indu Goswami elected to Rajya Sabha from Himachal Pradesh". India Today. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ "Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections 2017: BJP's first woman candidate, Indu Goswami aims at breaking trends". Financial Express.
- ^ Hindustan Times (12 March 2020). "Indu Goswami is BJP's Rajya Sabha nominee from Himachal Pradesh". Archived from the original on 6 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.