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'''Ashwini Kumar Chopra''' (11 June 1956 – 18 January 2020) was an Indian politician, cricketer and journalist. He was born in [[Jalandhar]]. Chopra was a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. He was a member of the [[Lok Sabha]] from 2014 through 2019. As a journalist, he worked for ''[[Punjab Kesari]]''.
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name        = Ashwini Kumar Chopra
| image      = Ashwini Kumar.jpg
| caption    = Director, Editor : [[Punjab Kesari]]
| term_start        = 16 May 2014
| term_end          = 23 May 2019
| predecessor        = [[Arvind Kumar Sharma]]
| successor          = [[Sanjay Bhatia]]
| constituency      = [[Karnal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Karnal]]
| birthname  =
| birth_date  = {{Birth date|df=yes|1956|06|11}}
| birth_place = [[Jalandhar]], [[East Punjab|Punjab]], [[India]]
| death_date  =  {{Death date and age|df=yes|2020|01|18| 1956|06|11}}
| death_place = [[Gurugram]], [[Haryana]], [[India]]
| education  = Graduation from [[Guru Nanak Dev University]]. Masters in Journalism from [[Panjab University, Chandigarh|Punjab University]].
| alias      = Minna
| gender      = [[Male]]
| occupation  = [[Cricketer]], [[Journalist]], [[Politician]]
| status      =
| title      = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| spouse      = Kiran Chopra
| children    = 3
| URL        =
}}


Chopra died of cancer on 18 January 2020 in [[Gurgaon]], [[Haryana]]. He was 63.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/former-bjp-mp-from-karnal-ashwini-kumar-chopra-minna-passes-away/story-U7SLhA7tnA3xdMhVlxN5jP.html|title=Former BJP MP from Karnal Ashwini Kumar Chopra Minna passes away|work=Hindustan Times|date=18 January 2020|accessdate=18 January 2020}}</ref>
'''Ashwini Kumar Chopra''' (11 June 1956 – 18 January 2020), was a senior journalist and resident editor of the [[Punjab Kesari]],<ref>e-paper : [http://www.punjabkesari.com Punjab Keari]</ref> 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 [[Punjab insurgency|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.<ref>Road from Delhi to New Delhi : 14 April 2013 [http://newindianexpress.com/thesundaystandard/Road-from-Delhi-to-New-Delhi/2013/04/14/article1544020.ece The Sunday Standard]</ref><ref>India's Newspaper Revolution: Capitalism, Politics and the Indian-language, Page 95, {{ISBN|1850654344}}, [https://books.google.com/books?id=D2H7ByahsJ0C&pg=PA95&dq=ashwini+kumar+chopra+punjab+kesari&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Y-VqUrK8D8iErAfNlICIDw#v=onepage&q=ashwini%20kumar%20chopra%20punjab%20kesari&f=true]</ref> <br />
==References==
[[File:PKD1.jpg|thumb|left|200x200px|Punjab Kesari, [[Delhi]] with daily ''Special Editorial'' at page one]]
 
== Education ==
After graduating from [[Guru Nanak Dev University]], Ashwini obtained a master's degree in Journalism from [[Panjab University, Chandigarh|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 the [[San Francisco Chronicle]] for about 6 months and later he worked with [[The Times Group]] in Delhi, India
 
==Cricketing career==
Prior to entering journalism full-time, he played under the name of Ashwini Minna for Punjab in the Ranji Trophy and played a total of 25 first class matches between 1975–76 and 1979-80.<ref>https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/39/39846/39846.html</ref> He was a leg-spinner and was being considered for the Indian team from 1975 to 1977, but could not do much against the MCC touring team of 1976-77. His maiden first-class wicket was that of Sunil Gavaskar in the Irani Cup match of 1975-76.<ref>https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/35/35671.html</ref>
 
== Career ==
Ashwini is well known for his daily page one, ''Special Editorial'' with bold and popular wording.<ref>The Transformation for a Change : [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh3suGDbQkk Media Coverage on Mar23,2014]</ref> He was given [[Lok Sabha]] ticket by [[BJP]] for 2014 from [[Karnal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Karnal]]. He was the New MP from Karnal.<ref>Narendra Modi's : [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2g3oIKd2mM Haryana Rally on Mar29,2014]</ref> He won by a huge margin.
 
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections|General Election, 2014]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |candidate  = Ashwini Kumar Chopra
  |votes      =  594,817
  |percentage = 49.84%
  |change    = +26.98%
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Indian National Congress
  |candidate  = Dr. [[Arvind Kumar Sharma]]
  |votes      =  234,670
  |percentage = 19.66%
  |change    = -17.91%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Indian National Lok Dal
  |candidate  = Jaswinder Singh Sandhu
  |votes      =  187,902
  |percentage = 15.74%
  |change    = +15.74%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
  |candidate  = Virender Maratha
  |votes      =  102,628
  |percentage = 8.60%
  |change    = -19.56%
}}
 
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = None of the above
  |candidate  = None of the above
  |votes      = 2,929
  |percentage = 0.25%
  |change    = ---
}}
 
{{Election box majority|
  |votes      = 360,147
  |percentage = 30.18%
  |change    = +15.47%
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      =    1,193,500
  |percentage =
  |change    =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
  |winner    = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |loser      = Indian National Congress
  |swing      =
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
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