Avinash Rai Khanna

Avinash Rai Khanna (born 30 December 1960) is a Vice Chairman, Indian Red Cross Society and Vice President of Bhartiya Janta Party. He is also a BJP In-charge of Himacal Pradesh. Earlier, he served as ex member of Rajya Sabha and was also a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Hoshiarpur constituency of Punjab. 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.

Avinash Rai Khanna
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 10 April 2010 – 9 April 2016
Succeeded by	Shwait Malik
Constituency	Punjab
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 2004–2009
Preceded by	Charanjit Singh
Succeeded by	Santosh Chowdhary
Constituency	Hoshiarpur
Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly
In office 2002–2004
Preceded by	Shingara Ram
Succeeded by	Luv Kumar Goldy
Constituency	Garhshankar
Personal details
Born	(1960-12-30) 30 December 1960 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:

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]