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| name = Ashwani Sekhri<br />
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| residence = Batala, [[Gurdaspur]], [[Punjab, India]]<br />
| office = [[Member of Legislative Assembly|MLA]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]<br />
| constituency = [[Batala Assembly Constituency|Batala]]<br />
| term = 1985 - 1990<br />
| predecessor = [[Gopal Krishan Chatrath]]<br />
| successor = [[Jagdish Sahni]]<br />
| constituency2 = [[Batala Assembly Constituency|Batala]]<br />
| term2 = 2002 - 2007<br />
| predecessor2 = [[Jagdish Sahni]]<br />
| successor2 = [[Jagdish Sahni]]<br />
| constituency3 = [[Batala Assembly Constituency|Batala]]<br />
| term3 = 2012 - 2017<br />
| predecessor3 = [[Jagdish Sahni]]<br />
| successor3 = [[Lakhbir Singh Lodhinangal ]]<br />
| office4 = Minister of State for Tourism and Culture<br />
| term4 = 2002 - 2007<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
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'''Ashwani Sekhri''' is an [[India]]n politician and a member of [[Indian National Congress]]. He is a Member of [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) and represent [[Batala Assembly Constituency|Batala]].<ref name="aaa">{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2012 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2012/Stats_Report_PB_2012.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=10 May 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
His father's name is Vishwa Mitter Sekhri.<ref>{{cite web|title=Punjab 2012|url=http://myneta.info/pb2012/candidate.php?candidate_id=365|publisher=Association of Democratic Rights|accessdate=10 May 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Political career==<br />
Sekhri first successfully contested for [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]] from [[Batala Assembly Constituency|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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Punjab Tourism to sell hotels|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020718/biz.htm#3|accessdate=10 May 2013|newspaper=The Tribune|date=18 July 2002}}</ref> In 2009, he was appointed spokesperson of [[Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Ashwani Sekhri appointed PPCC spokesman|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Punjab/Chandigarh/Ashwani-Sekhri-appointed-PPCC-spokesman/SP-Article1-431256.aspx|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629111135/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Punjab/Chandigarh/Ashwani-Sekhri-appointed-PPCC-spokesman/SP-Article1-431256.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 June 2013|accessdate=10 May 2013|newspaper=Hindustan Times|date=11 July 2009}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/syl-verdict-42-punjab-congress-mlas-submit-resignation-4369724/ | title=SYL verdict: 42 Punjab Congress MLAs submit resignation | date=11 November 2016 | author=PTI | newspaper=The Indian Express | accessdate=20 April 2018 }}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Punjab, India MLAs 1985–1990]]<br />
[[Category:Punjab, India MLAs 2002–2007]]<br />
[[Category:Punjab, India MLAs 2012–2017]]<br />
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians]]<br />
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