Indu Goswami

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| office = Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha

| term_start = 22 July 2020

| constituency = Himachal Pradesh

| predecessor = Viplove Thakur

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| nationality = Indian

| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

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| alma_mater = Himachal Pradesh University{{Cite web|url=https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/indu-bala-goswami|title = Indu Bala Goswami| National Portal of India}}

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Indu Bala Goswami is an Indian politician and the state President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of Himachal Pradesh. She is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament, from Himachal Pradesh. She was formerly chairperson of the State Women Commission Himachal Pradesh and State Social Welfare Board Himachal Pradesh.{{cite web | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/himachal-bjp-indu-bala-goswami-elected-to-rajya-sabha-6321430/ | title=Himachal: BJP's Indu Bala Goswami elected to Rajya Sabha | publisher=The Indian Express | date=19 March 2020 | accessdate=19 March 2020}}{{cite web | url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/indu-goswami-bjps-nominee-for-rs-seat-54437 | title=Indu Goswami BJP's nominee for RS seat | publisher=The Tribune | work=Bhanu P Lohumi | date=15 March 2020 | accessdate=15 March 2020}}{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/sharad-pawar-harivansh-among-several-candidates-elected-unopposed-to-rajya-sabha/articleshow/74693529.cms | title=Sharad Pawar, Harivansh among several candidates elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha | work=The Times of India | date=18 March 2020 | accessdate=18 March 2020}}{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/bjp-indu-goswami-elected-to-rajya-sabha-from-himachal-pradesh-1657031-2020-03-18 | title=BJP's Indu Goswami elected to Rajya Sabha from Himachal Pradesh | publisher=India Today | date=18 March 2020 | accessdate=19 March 2020}}

Political career

Indu Goswami joined the BJP in 1988, and worked for the party throughout the 1990s, including with future Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the late 1980s as the vice-president of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, the youth wing of the BJP.

Goswami unsuccessfully contested the 2017 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Palampur against Congress’ Ashish Butail.{{cite news|url= https://www.financialexpress.com/elections/himachal-pradesh-assembly-elections-2017/himachal-pradesh-assembly-elections-2017-bjps-first-woman-candidate-indu-goswami-aims-at-breaking-trends/918100/ |title= Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections 2017: BJP's first woman candidate, Indu Goswami aims at breaking trends|website=Financial Express}}

In 2020, she was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Himachal Pradesh on the BJP ticket.{{cite news |last1=Hindustan Times |title=Indu Goswami is BJP’s Rajya Sabha nominee from Himachal Pradesh |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/indu-goswami-is-bjp-s-rajya-sabha-nominee-from-himachal-pradesh/story-joJa5TdItCYGqGwTsdWhRK.html |access-date=6 May 2024 |date=12 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240506170401/https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/indu-goswami-is-bjp-s-rajya-sabha-nominee-from-himachal-pradesh/story-joJa5TdItCYGqGwTsdWhRK.html |archive-date=6 May 2024 |language=en}}

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