Sushil Kumar Rinku

Sushil Kumar Rinku
Sushil Kumar Rinku
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	In office; 13 May 2023 – 4 June 2024
Preceded by	Santokh Singh Chaudhary
Constituency	Jalandhar
Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
	In office; 2017–2022
Succeeded by	Sheetal Angural
Constituency	Jalandhar West
Personal details
Born	5 June 1975; Jalandhar, Punjab, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Other political; affiliations	Aam Aadmi Party ; Indian National Congress
Spouse	Smt Sunita Rinku
Residence	Jalandhar
Alma mater	Dav College, Jalandhar
Profession	Politician

Sushil Kumar Rinku (born 5 June 1975)[1] is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party[2] He is a member of parliament from the Jalandhar constituency.[3] He previously belonged to the Aam Aadmi Party. In 2017, he was elected as a member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly from Jalandhar West.[4]

Sushil Kumar is high school graduate and had 1.62 crores in cash or assets as per his nomination filing.[5]

Political career

Sushil Kumar Rinku, who joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) few days ahead of the Jalandhar parliamentary by-election, on May 13 won the election as an AAP candidate by defeating the rival Congress party.[6]

After resigning from membership of Aam Admi Party , he joined BJP in presence of Vinod Tawde and Sunil Jakhar on 27 March 2024.[7]

Constituency

He won the Jalandhar West on an INC ticket, he beat the member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly Mahinder Pal Bhagat of the BJP by over 17,334 Votes.[8][9] In 2023, he was by-elected to the Lok Sabha from the Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency by a margin of 58,691 votes.

References

"Members". www.punjabassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
"AAP's Jalandhar MP Sushil Kumar Rinku and MLA Sheetal Angural join BJP". The Times of India. 27 March 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
"Jalandhar Lok Sabha Bypoll 2023 Result: AAP's Sushil Kumar Rinku defeats Congress's Kamarjeet Kaur Chaudhary with huge margin". IP Singh. The Times of India. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
"Sushil Kumar(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- JALANDHAR WEST (SC)(JALANDHAR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
"Sushil Kumar Rinku(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- JALANDHAR WEST (SC)(JALANDHAR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
"Breaching the Congress bastion of Jalandhar, AAP gets a spring in its step".
"Big Breaking : Sushil Kumar Rinku, AAP's lone Lok Sabha MP from Jalandhar, joins BJP".
"JALANDHAR WEST Election Result 2017, Winner, JALANDHAR WEST MLA, Punjab". NDTV.com. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
"2017 Jalandhar West - Punjab Assembly Election Winner, LIVE Results & Latest News: Election Dates, Polling Schedule, Election Results & Live Election Updates". India.com. Retrieved 15 September 2021.

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[1] "Members". www.punjabassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 15 September 2021.

[2] "AAP's Jalandhar MP Sushil Kumar Rinku and MLA Sheetal Angural join BJP". The Times of India. 27 March 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 27 March 2024.

[3] "Jalandhar Lok Sabha Bypoll 2023 Result: AAP's Sushil Kumar Rinku defeats Congress's Kamarjeet Kaur Chaudhary with huge margin". IP Singh. The Times of India. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.

[4] "Sushil Kumar(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- JALANDHAR WEST (SC)(JALANDHAR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info. Retrieved 15 September 2021.

[5] "Sushil Kumar Rinku(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- JALANDHAR WEST (SC)(JALANDHAR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info. Retrieved 17 November 2023.

[6] "Breaching the Congress bastion of Jalandhar, AAP gets a spring in its step".

[7] "Big Breaking : Sushil Kumar Rinku, AAP's lone Lok Sabha MP from Jalandhar, joins BJP".

[8] "JALANDHAR WEST Election Result 2017, Winner, JALANDHAR WEST MLA, Punjab". NDTV.com. Retrieved 15 September 2021.

[9] "2017 Jalandhar West - Punjab Assembly Election Winner, LIVE Results & Latest News: Election Dates, Polling Schedule, Election Results & Live Election Updates". India.com. Retrieved 15 September 2021.