Sushil Kumar Rinku

Sushil Kumar Rinku (born 5 June 1975)^[1] is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.^[2] He was a member of parliament from the Jalandhar constituency after winning in 2023 Jalandhar by-election but in 2024 he lost to Congress candidate and former Chief minister of Punjab Charanjit Singh Channi.^[3] He previously belonged to the Aam Aadmi Party and Indian National Congress. In 2017, he was elected as a member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly from Jalandhar West on Indian National Congress ticket .^[4]

Sushil Kumar Rinku
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 13 May 2023 – 4 June 2024
Preceded by	Santokh Singh Chaudhary
Succeeded by	Charanjit Singh Channi
Constituency	Jalandhar
Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
In office 2017–2022
Succeeded by	Sheetal Angural
Constituency	Jalandhar West
Personal details
Born	(1975-06-05) 5 June 1975 (age 50) Jalandhar, Punjab, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (2024–present)
Other political affiliations	Aam Aadmi Party (2023-2024) Indian National Congress (till 2023)
Spouse	Sunita Rinku
Residence	Jalandhar
Alma mater	DAV College, Jalandhar
Profession	Politician

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.^[10]