Avinash Rai Khanna (born 30 December 1960) is a Vice Chairman,

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and Vice President of

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. He is also a BJP In-charge of Himacal Pradesh. Earlier, he served as ex member of

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and was also a member of the

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of India. He represented the

Hoshiarpur Hoshiarpur () is a city and a Municipal corporations in India, municipal corporation in Hoshiarpur district in the Doaba region of the Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab. It was founded, according to tradition, during the early part of the ...

constituency of

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. He was elected as an MLA from Garhshankar in 2002. In 2003, he was also elected as a State President B.J.P.

. After that he was elected Member of Parliament from Hoshiarpur Constituency in 2004. Under his leadership, for the first time in Punjab B.J.P. got 19 seats out of 23 in Assembly elections in 2007 and played a major role in formation of Akali government in Punjab. During his five-year tenure as an M.P., he has asked 270 questions and participated in 116 debates. In 2009 Parliamentary elections his

seat was reserved. He became Member, Punjab State Human Rights Commission. He served as a member for around 10 months. In 2010, he was elected to Rajya Sabha and was also appointed Chief Whip of the party in the Rajya Sabha.

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*https://web.archive.org/web/20071007101349/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=4001 1960 births Living people India MPs 2004–2009 Lok Sabha members from Punjab, India Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Punjab Rajya Sabha members from Punjab, India People from Hoshiarpur district {{PunjabIN-BJP-politician-stub