Sushil Kumar Rinku

Sushil Kumar Rinku
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
13 May 2023 – 4 June 2024
Preceded bySantokh Singh Chaudhary
Succeeded byCharanjit Singh Channi
ConstituencyJalandhar
Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
In office
2017–2022
Succeeded bySheetal Angural
ConstituencyJalandhar West
Personal details
Born (1975-06-05) 5 June 1975
Jalandhar, Punjab, India
PartyBharatiya Janata Party (2024–present)
Other political
affiliations
Aam Aadmi Party (2023-2024)
Indian National Congress (till 2023)
SpouseSunita Rinku
Alma materDAV College, Jalandhar
ProfessionPolitician

Sushil Kumar Rinku (born 5 June 1975)[1] is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[2] He was a member of parliament from the Jalandhar constituency after winning in a 2023 by-election. In 2024, he lost to Congress candidate and former Chief Minister of Punjab Charanjit Singh Channi after joining BJP.[3] He previously belonged to the Aam Aadmi Party and Indian National Congress. In 2017, he was elected as a member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly from Jalandhar West on Indian National Congress ticket.[4]

Sushil Kumar is high school graduate and had 1.62 crores in cash or assets as per his nomination filing.[5]

Political career

He won the Jalandhar West on an INC ticket, he beat the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Mohinder Bhagat by over 17,334 Votes.[6][7]

Sushil Kumar Rinku, who joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) few days ahead of the Jalandhar parliamentary by-election, on May 13 won the election as an AAP candidate by defeating the rival Congress party.[8]

After resigning from membership of Aam Admi Party, he joined BJP in presence of Vinod Tawde and Sunil Jakhar on 27 March 2024.[9]

He lost as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate to former CM Charanjit Singh Channi by 1,75,993 votes in 2024 Indian general election.

References

  1. ↑ "Members". www.punjabassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  2. ↑ "AAP's Jalandhar MP Sushil Kumar Rinku and MLA Sheetal Angural join BJP". The Times of India. 27 March 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "Jalandhar Lok Sabha Bypoll 2023 Result: AAP's Sushil Kumar Rinku defeats Congress's Kamarjeet Kaur Chaudhary with huge margin". IP Singh. The Times of India. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "Sushil Kumar(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- JALANDHAR WEST (SC)(JALANDHAR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "Sushil Kumar Rinku(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- JALANDHAR WEST (SC)(JALANDHAR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "JALANDHAR WEST Election Result 2017, Winner, JALANDHAR WEST MLA, Punjab". NDTV.com. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  7. ↑ "2017 Jalandhar West - Punjab Assembly Election Winner, LIVE Results & Latest News: Election Dates, Polling Schedule, Election Results & Live Election Updates". India.com. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  8. ↑ "Breaching the Congress bastion of Jalandhar, AAP gets a spring in its step".
  9. ↑ "Big Breaking : Sushil Kumar Rinku, AAP's lone Lok Sabha MP from Jalandhar, joins BJP".
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