Indu Goswami Explained

Indu Goswami
Birth Date:12 April 1967
Office:Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Term Start:22 July 2020
Constituency:Himachal Pradesh
Predecessor:Viplove Thakur
Nationality:Indian
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party
Alma Mater:Himachal Pradesh University[1]
Children: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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Indu Bala Goswami| National Portal of India.
  2. Web site: Himachal: BJP's Indu Bala Goswami elected to Rajya Sabha . The Indian Express . 19 March 2020 . 19 March 2020.
  3. Web site: Indu Goswami BJP's nominee for RS seat . The Tribune . Bhanu P Lohumi . 15 March 2020 . 15 March 2020.
  4. Web site: Sharad Pawar, Harivansh among several candidates elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha . . 18 March 2020 . 18 March 2020.
  5. Web site: BJP's Indu Goswami elected to Rajya Sabha from Himachal Pradesh . India Today . 18 March 2020 . 19 March 2020.
  6. News: Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections 2017: BJP's first woman candidate, Indu Goswami aims at breaking trends. Financial Express.
  7. News: Hindustan Times . Indu Goswami is BJP’s Rajya Sabha nominee from Himachal Pradesh . 6 May 2024 . 12 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240506170401/https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/indu-goswami-is-bjp-s-rajya-sabha-nominee-from-himachal-pradesh/story-joJa5TdItCYGqGwTsdWhRK.html . 6 May 2024 . en.