Avinash Rai Khanna

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Avinash Rai Khanna
Garhshankar
Personal details
Born	(1960-12-30) 30 December 1960 (age 63) Garhshankar, Punjab, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Minakhshi Khanna ​ (m. 1985)​
Children	Shikha Khanna Piyush Khanna
Residence(s)	Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar
As of 22 February, 2022 Source: [1]

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

. He was elected as an MLA from Garhshankar in 2002. In 2003, he was also elected as a State President B.J.P. Punjab. 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.^{[citation needed]}

In 2009 Parliamentary elections his Hoshiarpur 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.^[1][2]

References

• https://web.archive.org/web/20071007101349/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=4001