Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal

Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal
Member of the Legislative Assembly
In office
2002–2007
GovernorJack Farj Rafael Jacob
Preceded byCharanjit Singh Atwal
ConstituencyKum Kalan Assembly constituency
Personal details
BornAtwal, Punjab, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Other political
affiliations		Shiromani Akali Dal

Personal life

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

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
  1. "Father steers his campaign, brother does hard work". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  2. Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal New Choice Of SAD From Raikot
  3. Realty bites as ticket eludes Atwals
  4. Byte Sardar Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal
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