After Union minister for state for house affairs Ajay Kumar Mishra Teni, one other Union minister from Uttar Pradesh Kaushal Kishore is in the information on account of an argument related along with his son whose licensed revolver was allegedly used in the homicide of a 26-year-old man in Lucknow early on Friday.
The police recovered the person’s physique from the residence of Vikas Kishore, Kaushal Kishore’s son, at Begariya Kala village in Lucknow early on Friday. The police additionally recovered Vikas’s licensed revolver from the spot. An accused recognized as Ankit Verma confessed to the homicide, in accordance with the police.
Whereas the relations of the deceased Vinay Srivastava alleged foul play, Kaushal Kishore mentioned his son Vikas was not in Lucknow on the time of the incident and had left for Delhi by a flight on Thursday night, leaving his revolver at house.
Kaushal Kishore, who represents Mohanlalganj Lok Sabha seat in Lucknow district, was in his constituency to have a good time Raksha Bandhan on Thursday.
“After receiving details about the restoration of a physique on the household home, I rushed there and knowledgeable the police. I have no idea how the incident occurred. The police will examine the case,” he mentioned.
After the dying of his youthful son Akash Kishore in October 2020 on account of liver cirrhosis, Kaushal had launched a marketing campaign in opposition to drug abuse in Lucknow and adjoining districts. He organised conferences in villages, colleges and faculties to manage a pledge in opposition to alcohol consumption to folks and college students.
A distinguished Dalit chief of Central Uttar Pradesh, Kaushal Kishore began his political journey as a member of the Neighborhood Occasion of India (CPI).
He organised conferences in villages on public and social points, raised his voice in opposition to exploitation and discrimination, organised padyatra and demonstrations on the authorities workplaces to determine himself as a robust chief of the Pasi group.
Kaushal contested the 1989, 1991, 1993 and 1996 meeting elections on a CPI ticket from Malihabad, a seat reserved for Scheduled Caste candidates however misplaced. He contested the 1998 Lok Sabha election on a CPI ticket from Mohanlalganj however misplaced. In 2001, the CPI expelled him on the cost of indiscipline and anti-party actions.
He contested the 2002 meeting election from Malihabad as an unbiased candidate and defeated senior Samajwadi Occasion chief Gauri Shankar. He floated Rashtrawadi Neighborhood Occasion (RCP) and supported the Samajwadi Occasion led by Mulayam Singh Yadav in formation of the federal government in 2003 and earned a cupboard berth as labour minister.
Kaushal contested the 2007 and 2012 meeting elections on the RCP ticket however misplaced. In 2013, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) by merging the RCP with the BJP. He was made state president of the BJP’s scheduled caste wing. The BJP fielded him from Mohanlalganj in 2014 Lok Sabha election and he bagged the seat, Bahujan Samaj Occasion candidate RK Chaudhary. He was re-elected from Mohanlalganj in the 2019 Lok Sabha election, defeating the SP- BSP alliance candidate CL Verma.
Kaushal not solely assisted the BJP in making inroads in SP and BSP strongholds in Central UP but additionally contributed to weaning away the Pasi group from the BSP.
The BJP fielded his spouse Jai Devi from Malihabad in the 2017 and 2022 meeting elections, she gained on each events, consolidating her celebration’s maintain on the realm that was as soon as a powerful Samajwadi Occasion fort.
The BJP rewarded Kaushal Kishore by appointing him as Union minister of state for housing and concrete affairs in July 2021.
As for Ajay Kumar Mishra Teni, his son Ashish Mishra is the prime accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case of October 3, 2021 in which eight folks had been killed and a number of other injured.
