Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal
Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2002–2007 | |
| Governor | Jack Farj Rafael Jacob |
| Preceded by | Charanjit Singh Atwal |
| Constituency | Kum Kalan Assembly constituency |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Atwal, Punjab, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Other political affiliations | Shiromani Akali Dal |
Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Personal life[edit]
He was born to Charanjit Singh Atwal at Atwal, Amritsar, Punjab.[1] He belongs to the Backward and Scheduled Caste. His father, Charanjit Atwal, served as the Deputy speaker of Lok Sabha from 2004-2009 and as the Speaker of Punjab Legislative Assembly twice, in 1997-2002 and 2012-2017.
Political career[edit]
Atwal was a member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly from Kum Kalan Assembly constituency in Ludhiana district after winning 2002 Punjab Legislative Assembly election.[2][3][4] He also unsuccessfully contested from the Raikot Assembly constituency.[1] On passing of senior Congress leader and MP, Santokh Chaudhary, he unsuccessfully contested the by-election from the Jalandhar(SC) seat for Lok Sabha in 2023. He lost to AAP’s Sushil Kumar Rinku with a margin of 167,479 votes.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Father steers his campaign, brother does hard work". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal New Choice Of SAD From Raikot
- ^ Realty bites as ticket eludes Atwals
- ^ Byte Sardar Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal