Indu Goswami

Indu Bala Goswami is an India politician and the state president of Bharatiya Janata Party 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 Bharatiya Janata Party. She was chairperson of the State Women Commission Himachal Pradesh and State Social Welfare Board Himachal Pradesh.[2][3][4][5]

Indu Goswami
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Assumed office
22 July 2020
Preceded byViplove Thakur
ConstituencyHimachal Pradesh
Personal details
Born (1967-04-12) 12 April 1967
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Alma materHimachal Pradesh University[1]

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. She was BJP’s first woman candidate to stand for election in Himachal Pradesh.[6]

In 2020 she was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Himachal Pradesh on BJP ticket.

References
  1. https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/indu-bala-goswami
  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.


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