| Birth date | 12 April 1967 (age 59) |
|---|---|
| Birth place | Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India |
| Office | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha |
| Term start | 10 April 2020 |
| Term end | 9 April 2026 |
| Constituency | Himachal Pradesh |
| Predecessor | Viplove Thakur |
| Successor | Anurag Sharma |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Alma mater | Himachal Pradesh University[1] |
Indu Bala Goswami (born 12 April 1967) is an Indian politician and a former state President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of Himachal Pradesh. She was[2] a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament, from Himachal Pradesh. She was formerly chairperson of the State Women Commission Himachal Pradesh and State Social Welfare Board Himachal Pradesh.[3][4][5][6]
Political career
Indu Goswami joined the BJP in 1988, and worked for the party throughout the 1990s, including with future Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the late 1980s as the vice-president of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, the youth wing of the BJP.
Goswami unsuccessfully contested the 2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Palampur against Congress’ Ashish Butail.[7]
In 2020, she was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Himachal Pradesh on the BJP ticket.[8]
References
- ^ "Indu Bala Goswami| National Portal of India"
- ^ Bureau, The Hindu (2026-03-06). "Congress fields Anurag Sharma for lone Rajya Sabha seat in Himachal Pradesh" (in en-IN). The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2026-03-19.
- ^ "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 6 May 2024 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 6 May 2024.