Ashwani Sekhri is an Indian politician and a member of Bharatiya Janata Party

BJP. He was a Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly (MLA) and represented Batala.

Early life

His father's name is Vishwa Mitter Sekhri.

Ashwani Sekhri

Political career

Sekhri first successfully contested Punjab Legislative Assembly from Batala in 1985. He was re-elected from Batala in 2002 and 2012. In 2002, he was appointed Minister of State for Tourism and Culture. In 2009, he was appointed spokesperson of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee. He was one of the 42 INC MLAs who submitted their resignation in protest of a decision of the Supreme Court of India ruling Punjab's termination of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) water canal unconstitutional. Chairman Punjab Health Systems Corporation 2021-2022

Ashwani Sekhri

References

Punjab, India MLAs 1985–1990

Punjab, India MLAs 2002–2007

Punjab, India MLAs 2012–2017

Indian National Congress politicians

Living people

Indian National Congress politicians from Punjab, India

1959 births

Ashwani Sekhri