Laxmi Kanta Chawla is a former cabinet minister from

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising a ...

government and a member of

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Mod ...

(BJP). She was a college lecturer before becoming the minister. She is the National Vice President of the Bharatiya Janata Party. She had health portfolio earlier and later social welfare portfolio in 2010. She was elected to state legislative assembly from Amritsar in 2007 and is an ex-MLA.

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