Indu Goswami

Indu Goswami
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
22 July 2020
Preceded byViplove Thakur
ConstituencyHimachal Pradesh
Personal details
Born (1967-04-12) 12 April 1967 (age 57)
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Children1
Alma materHimachal 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

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

  1. ^ "Indu Bala Goswami| National Portal of India".
  2. ^ "Himachal: BJP's Indu Bala Goswami elected to Rajya Sabha". The Indian Express. 19 March 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Indu Goswami BJP's nominee for RS seat". Bhanu P Lohumi. The Tribune. 15 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Sharad Pawar, Harivansh among several candidates elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha". The Times of India. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  5. ^ "BJP's Indu Goswami elected to Rajya Sabha from Himachal Pradesh". India Today. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections 2017: BJP's first woman candidate, Indu Goswami aims at breaking trends". Financial Express.
  7. ^ 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.


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