Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Personal life
He was born to Charanjit Singh Atwal at Atwal, Amritsar, Punjab.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. He also unsuccessfully contested from the Raikot Assembly constituency.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
People from Ludhiana district
Former members of Shiromani Akali Dal
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Punjab
Punjab, India MLAs 2002–2007
Living people
21st-century Indian politicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
