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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = 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 people|Indian]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
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| alma_mater = [[Himachal Pradesh University]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/indu-bala-goswami|title = Indu Bala Goswami| National Portal of India}}</ref>
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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 was<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bureau |first=The Hindu |date=2026-03-06 |title=Congress fields Anurag Sharma for lone Rajya Sabha seat in Himachal Pradesh |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/himachal-pradesh/congress-fields-anurag-sharma-for-lone-rajya-sabha-seat-in-himachal-pradesh/article70707907.ece |access-date=2026-03-19 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

==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, Himachal Pradesh|Palampur]] against Congress’ [[Ashish Butail]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>

In 2020, she was elected unopposed to the [[Rajya Sabha]] from [[Himachal Pradesh]] on the [[BJP]] ticket.<ref name="Indu Goswami is BJP’s Rajya Sabha nominee from Himachal Pradesh">{{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}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Himachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:Rajya Sabha members from Himachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:1967 births]]
[[Category:Women members of the Rajya Sabha]]
[[Category:Women in Himachal Pradesh politics]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women politicians]]

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