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Who is Kapil Mishra

Kapil Mishra is a politician and a former member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly who represented Karawal Nagar. He had won the Karawal Nagar seat in the 2015 Delhi elections on an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ticket by a margin of 44,431 votes, defeating Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate and four-time MLA Mohan Singh Bisht.
 
Mishra had been inducted to the Cabinet as the water resources minister in the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government. But he was removed from the ministry after he accused Kejriwal and Cabinet colleague Satyendar Jain of corruption. He had lodged a complaint with the Anti-Corruption Bureau against the chief minister, saying Kejriwal and Jain took Rs 2 crore in bribe, but Mishra failed to prove it.
 
Despite being an AAP MLA, he was seen supporting and sharing stage with BJP leaders. He even campaigned against his own party during the Lok Sabha elections in 2019. These anti-party activities were brought to the notice of Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel. After due process under the rule of paragraph 2(1)(a) of the tenth schedule of the Indian constitution on grounds of defection and anti-party activities, Mishra was disqualified as an MLA on August 2, 2019.
 
After his expulsion, Mishra officially joined the BJP in the presence of other party leaders Manoj Tiwari, Vijay Goel and Satish Upadhyay, on August 17, 2019.
 

Latest Updates on Kapil Mishra

Mishra was formerly a minister in the AAP government here, but he joined the BJP in August 2019 after his differences with party supremo Arvind Kejriwal became public

Updated On: 05 Aug 2023 | 7:13 PM IST

He said that Rs 1 crore will be transferred to the family of Kanhaiya Lal which will be used in repaying home loan and for expenditure of studies of his sons.

Updated On: 02 Jul 2022 | 5:21 PM IST

BJP leader Kapil Mishra on Monday said that people like him have started spreading lies to save those who are responsible for violence in Khargone

Updated On: 11 Apr 2022 | 11:54 AM IST

BJP leader Kapil Mishra, who arrived here to visit the family of a 17-year-old killed in a clash during a procession to immerse the idol of Goddess Saraswati idol in Hazaribagh

Updated On: 17 Feb 2022 | 1:27 AM IST

The court was hearing the matter on the direction of the Delhi High Court, which was approached by Mander last year

Updated On: 08 Feb 2021 | 9:43 PM IST

Delhi HC will on November 2 hear a petition filed by Brinda Karat challenging a trial court order which had dismissed her plea seeking registration of FIR against Anurag Thakur and Kapil Mishra

Updated On: 08 Oct 2020 | 6:00 PM IST

The next significant change in the population composition was brought about by migrants, largely from undivided Uttar Pradesh and Bihar

Updated On: 16 Mar 2020 | 2:32 AM IST

Distrust among communities may lead to permanent displacement for thousands, write Arindam Majumder and Somesh Jha

Updated On: 08 Mar 2020 | 1:27 AM IST

It's still stalking riot-affected Northeast Delhi, writes Anjali Puri, after recent visits to destroyed neighbourhoods and fearful camps. Let's not forget it

Updated On: 06 Mar 2020 | 10:36 PM IST

The top court, however, made it clear that it had not issued a contempt notice to Mander and said it would hear the plea on April 15

Updated On: 06 Mar 2020 | 3:12 PM IST

The plea filed by a group of 10 Delhi violence survivors sought an immediate FIR against Kapil Mishra, Anurag Thakur, Parvesh Verma and Abhay Verma

Updated On: 04 Mar 2020 | 7:59 AM IST

On the complaint of Ankit's father, the police have registered an FIR against Hussain, who has rejected the charge

Updated On: 06 Mar 2020 | 3:07 PM IST

BJP leader and lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay, in his PIL, has sought a direction to the ministries of home and law and justice to implement the 267th report of the Law Commission on hate speech

Updated On: 27 Feb 2020 | 8:25 PM IST

The three BJP leaders are Kapil Mishra, Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Verma

Updated On: 26 Feb 2020 | 6:04 PM IST

Gambhir met Deputy Commissioner of Shahdara, Amit Sharma, ACP Anuj Jain and head constable Yashpal, who were seriously injured on Monday during violence in northeast Delhi.

Updated On: 06 Mar 2020 | 3:02 PM IST

Several police personnel have been injured in the clashes as Delhi Police imposed Section 144 in Jaffrabad

Updated On: 06 Mar 2020 | 3:00 PM IST

Adityanath addressed three rallies on Monday in the national capital ahead of assembly elections

Updated On: 04 Feb 2020 | 9:22 AM IST

The ban order, signed by the Chef Election Commissioner and two fellow Election Commissioners, would come into force from 5 PM on Saturday, they said

Updated On: 25 Jan 2020 | 2:56 PM IST

Twitter, meanwhile, said it has "withheld" the controversial tweet following the directions of the Election Commission. The tweet was, however, not removed and could be seen on the platform.

Updated On: 25 Jan 2020 | 9:43 AM IST

Mishra, a former minister in the Arvind Kejriwal cabinet, said on Twitter the February 8 election will be a contest between India and Pakistan in Delhi.

Updated On: 24 Jan 2020 | 2:27 PM IST