What is Ashwani Kumar (politician)?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Ashwani Kumar |image = Kamal Nath briefing the press on the recognition of Indian Patent Office at International Searching Authority (ISA) and International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA) under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) (cropped).jpg | office = [[Rajya Sabha|Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]] |constituency2 = [[Punjab]] | term_start = 2002 |term_end = 2004 | term_start1 = 2004 |term_end1 = 2010 | term_start2 = 2010 |term_end2 = 2016 |office3 = [[Ministry of Law and Justice (India)|Minister of Law and Justice]] |primeminister3 = [[Manmohan Singh]] |term_start3 = 28 October 2012 |term_end3 = 10 May 2013 |predecessor3 = [[Salman Khurshid]] |successor3 = [[Kapil Sibal]] |office4 = [[Additional Solicitor General of India]] |term_start4 = 1991 |term_end4 = 1991 |predecessor4 = |successor4 = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|10|26|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Delhi]], [[India]] |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Indian National Congress]] |spouse = Madhu Kumar {{small|(1975–2012)}} |children = 2 |alma_mater = [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]]<br>[[Panjab University, Chandigarh]] |profession = [[Lawyer]], [[Politician]] |website = [http://ashwanikumar.info/ Official website] }} '''Ashwani Kumar''' (born 26 October 1952) was an Indian politician and [[Lawyer|attorney]]. He was [[Rajya Sabha|Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]] representing the state of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]. He was Union [[Ministry of Law and Justice (India)|Minister of Law and Justice]] and Union Minister of State in the [[Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (India)|Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion]] and [[Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)|Ministry of Commerce and Industry]]. ==Books== * ''Ehsas-O-Izhar: An Anthology of Urdu Poetry '' (Publisher: Nyogi Books)[http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/an-august-gathering-and-an-evening-of-verse