Ashwini Kumar Chopra
Ashwini Kumar Chopra, senior journalist, Resident Editor, Punjab Kesari,[1] Delhi, He got elected to 16th Lok Sabha from Karnal as a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party, is the eldest son of the third generation from the journalists family belongs to the Hindsamachar group of newspapers. During the days of terrorism in Punjab, his grand father Lala Jagat Narain and father Romesh Chander have been assassinated in 1981 and 1994 respectively. In their collective bid to curb terrorism through a drive by the journalists and activists, Punjab Kesari is commonly called as the newspaper of martyr journalists.[2][3]
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Punjab Kesari,
Delhi with daily
Special Editorial at page one
Education
After graduating from Guru Nanak Dev University, Ashwini obtained Master's degree in Journalism from Punjab University. In his quest for in depth study of journalism, he opted for a Master's degree in Journalism from University of California, Berkeley and thereafter under the guidance of his grandfather and father stepped into journalism and while being in USA Ashwini worked for San Francisco Chronicle for about 6 months and later he worked with The Times Group at Delhi
Career
Ashwini is well known for his daily page one, Special Editorial with bold and popular wording.[4] He was given Lok Sabha ticket by BJP for 2014 from Karnal. He is the New MP from Karnal.[5] He won by a huge margins
General Election, 2014 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
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BJP |
Ashwini Kumar Chopra |
594,817 |
49.84% |
+26.98% |
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INC |
Dr. Arvind Kumar Sharma |
234,670 |
19.66% |
-17.91% |
|
INLD |
Jaswinder Singh Sandhu |
187,902 |
15.74% |
+15.74% |
|
BSP |
Virender Maratha |
102,628 |
8.60% |
-19.56% |
|
NOTA |
None of the above |
2,929 |
0.25% |
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Majority |
360,147 |
30.18% |
+15.47% |
Turnout |
1,193,500 |
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BJP gain from INC |
Swing |
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