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.

His maiden first-class wicket was that of Sunil Gavaskar in the Irani Cup match of 1975–76.

[5] Ashwini is well known for his daily page one, Special Editorial with bold and popular wording.