Ashwini Kumar Chopra | |
|---|---|
 Director, Editor : Punjab Kesari | |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 16 May 2014 – 23 May 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Arvind Kumar Sharma |
| Succeeded by | Sanjay Bhatia |
| Constituency | Karnal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 June 1956 Jalandhar, Punjab, India |
| Died | 18 January 2020 (aged 63) Gurugram, Haryana, India |
| Spouse | Kiran Chopra |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Graduation from Guru Nanak Dev University. Masters in Journalism from Punjab University. |
| Occupation | Cricketer, Journalist, Politician |
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Ashwini Kumar Chopra (11 June 1956 – 18 January 2020), was a senior journalist and resident editor of the Punjab Kesari,[1] in Delhi. He got elected to 16th Lok Sabha from Karnal as a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party, and was the eldest son of the third generation from the journalists' family who own the Hindsamachar group of newspapers. During the days of terrorism in Punjab, his grandfather Lala Jagat Narain and father Romesh Chander were assassinated in 1981 and 1984 respectively. In their collective bid to curb terrorism through a drive by the journalists and activists, Punjab Kesari is commonly called the newspaper of martyr journalists.[2][3]
- ^ e-paper : Punjab Keari
- ^ Road from Delhi to New Delhi : 14 April 2013 The Sunday Standard
- ^ India's Newspaper Revolution: Capitalism, Politics and the Indian-language, Page 95, ISBN 1850654344, [1]