Kaushal Kishore is an Indian politician and social activist who took office as the Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs on July 7, 2021.
Wiki/Biography
Kaushal Kishore was born on Monday, 25 January 1960 (age 63; as of 2023) in Begariya, Kakoli, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. His zodiac sign is Aquarius. After completing his studies at Kalicharan Inter College, Lucknow in 1977, he enrolled at Shiya Degree College, Lucknow, where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1979.
family
Parents and siblings
His father Kallu Prashad was a farmer. His mother Parvati Devi was a housewife. His elder brother’s name was Mahavir Prashad (deceased).
Kaushal Kishore’s father
Kaushal Kishore’s brother Mahavir Prashad and Kaushal’s granddaughter
wife and children
His wife Jai Devi Kaushal is a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. On April 24, 1984, he married her.
Kaushal Kishore and his wife Jai Devi Kaushal
He has four sons. His son Akash Kishore passed away in October 2020. The name of his sons is Ayush Kishore. His son Vikas Kishore is the district vice-president of the Awadh district scheduled front of the BJP. His son Prabhat Kishore is a politician.
Photos of Ayush Kishore
Akash Kishore, son of Kaushal Kishore
Prabhat Kishore (right) and Vikas Kishore
religion
Kaushal Kishore follows Hinduism.
Kaushal Kishore’s Instagram post
caste/community
Kaushal belongs to the Scheduled Caste of the Parsi community.
address
He lives in Village Baigaria, PO Barawan Kalan, Kakori, Lucknow – 226101, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Signature/Autograph
Kaushal Kishore’s signature
Profession
Kaushal Kishore began his political career in the 1980s by joining the Communist Party of India (CPI). In 1989, he contested the state elections in Uttar Pradesh from the reserved scheduled caste constituency of Malihabad on the ticket of the Communist Party of India. In the election, Kaushal polled 8,992 votes but was defeated by Janata Dal’s candidate Jagdish Chandra. Kaushal contested as a CPM candidate against Ashok Kumar, the Janata Party candidate, in the 1991 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections from Malihabad constituency. Kaushal lost by 37,808 votes. In the 1993 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, Gauri Shankar of the Samajwadi Party defeated the Communist Party of India candidate Kaushal in Malihabad constituency by a margin of 6,418 votes. In 1998, Kaushal, who hailed from the scheduled caste reserved Mohanganj constituency, contested the general election on a CPI ticket. He lost the election but received 39,273 votes. After the Communist Party of India expelled Kaushal in 2001, he contested the 2002 Northern Alliance Legislative Assembly elections as an independent candidate and defeated Gauri Shankar by a margin of 25,535 votes. Kaushal served as MLA from 2002 to 2007. In 2002, Kaushal founded the Rashtrawadi Communist Party (RCP). Mulayam Singh Yadav invited Kaushal to join the Samajwadi Party-led government in 2003 after he was sworn in as the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and also offered him the post of labor minister. Kaushal accepted the invitation but resigned as minister in 2004. As the differences between him and CM grew. In 2004, Kaushal contested the Lok Sabha elections from Mohanlalganj constituency as a candidate of the Revolutionary Communist Party, but lost. In the election, he received 28,757 votes. Kaushal contested and lost in the 2007 UP state assembly elections with the support of Rashtrawadi Communist Party. He received 40,270 votes in the election. In 2009, a by-pass poll was held in the Marihabad constituency after four MLAs defected to the BSP ahead of the 2009 general elections. Kaushal contested the by-election on RCP ticket and was defeated by BSP candidate Siddhartha Shankar by a margin of over 26,000 votes. As an RCP candidate, Kaushal contested the 2012 UP state elections from Malihabad constituency, where he emerged as the runner-up candidate by polling 60,567 votes, while SP candidate Indal Kumar secured 62,782 votes and won the polls. Kaushal merged the RCP with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) before joining the BJP in 2013. Later, Kaushal was appointed as the state president of the scheduled caste wing of the BJP. In 2014, Kaushal contested the Lok Sabha elections on behalf of the Bharatiya Janata Party and won by a margin of 1,45,416 votes, defeating the BJP candidate Chaudhry. In the election, Kaushal got a total of 4,55,274 votes. As an MP, Kaushal was appointed as a member of the Standing Committee on Home Affairs and the Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Labor and Employment. From September 1, 2014 to August 31, 2018, he served on two committees. From September 1, 2018 to May 25, 2019, he served as a member of the Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Complaints, Law and Justice. Kaushal contested in 2019 under the BJP ticket. The Lok Sabha elections in Mohanlalganj constituency are against BSP candidate CL Verma. He defeated the BSP candidate by 90,229 votes. Thereafter, the Narendra Modi-led central government appointed Kaushal as the Union Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs.
President Ram Nath Kovind administered oath to Kaushal Kishore after his appointment as Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs
dispute
Discord between Kaushal Kishore’s family and daughter-in-law
Kaushal’s son Ayush was admitted to a hospital in Lucknow in March 2021 after some unidentified gunmen opened fire on him. Later, Ayush blamed his wife Ankita and brother-in-law for the attack. However, the police later issued a statement saying that Ayush planned the attack on himself to set a trap for his wife. Later, Ankita uploaded a video on social media and said that she would attempt suicide and the responsibility for her death would be borne by Kaushal, Ayush and her mother-in-law Jai Devi. After uploading the video, she went to Kaushal’s house and slit her wrists. She was rushed to hospital immediately and doctors saved her life. Later, Kaushal defended himself and told the media that the Kishore family had no relationship with Ankita and Ayush as they had severed all ties with the duo after their love marriage. In June 2021, Ankita’s father Ashish Singh accused Kaushal of kidnapping his daughter after she went missing. In an interview, Ashish said that after Ankita was abducted, she sent a message to her family and told them that Ayush’s brother Vikas Kishore and his friend Aman Ghazi had kidnapped her. Police claimed that the kidnapping charges against the Kishore family could be part of a conspiracy as Ankita’s family did not lodge a missing complaint with the police. Kishore denied the allegations and called them “false and baseless.”
Insensitive remarks about Shraddha Walker
In November 2022, Kaushal Kishore made controversial remarks against Shraddha Walker, accusing her of brutal murder. He also said that educated girls must not live together and that lessons must be learned from “uneducated girls”. He also advised girls to marry the groom chosen by their parents for them. Kaushal said in an interview,
This is also the responsibility of girls because they leave the parents who raised them for many years in one fell swoop. Why they live in a live-in relationship. If this must be done, the common-law relationship should be properly registered. If your parents are not willing to have the relationship openly, you should get married in court and live together. Most educated girls enter live-in relationships. Lessons should be learned from these incidents and uneducated girls. Those who were raised by their parents should be with someone on their own terms. This should stop. Over time, the government has created awareness among people…but now some policymaking will be done to curb such incidents. “
Shiv Sena leader Priyanka Chaturvedi called Shraddha’s remarks “callous and cruel” and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to sack Kishore.
car collection
assets/property
movable property
- Bank Deposit: Rs. 1,77,380
- Insurance Policy: Rs. 4,05,000
- Motor Vehicles: Rs. 31,30,522
real estate
- Agricultural Land: Rs. 3,14,00,000
- Residential Building: Rs. 45,00,000
Note: The movable and immovable property estimates given are based on 2019. Excludes assets owned by his wife and dependents.
net worth
As of 2019, Kaushal’s net worth is estimated to be Rs. 3,96,97,902.
Note: Net worth does not include his wife and dependents.
Facts/Trivia
- Kaushal Kishore launched Nasha Mukt Samaj Andolan-Abhiyan Kaushal Ka after his son Akash Kishore passed away due to alcoholism on October 19, 2020 Anti-drug campaign. In August 2022, Kishore launched another anti-drug campaign called Hindustaniyo Nasha Chodo. Speaking in an interview about launching the anti-drug campaign, Kaushal said:
After my son (Akash Kishore) passed away due to alcoholism in October 2020, I promised to make India drug-free. Then I started a movement and so far 1.8 million people have pledged not to use drugs and 10,000 have stopped using drugs. Even though I am an MP myself and my wife is an MLA, we could not save him. While poisons kill instantly, any addiction like alcohol and drug abuse kills a person very slowly. We need to protect those who are not yet addicted to alcohol or any other substance. As India celebrates Azadi Ka Amrit Mohastuv, we have decided to launch another anti-drug campaign ‘Hindustaniyo Nasha Chodo’ on August 9 at Delhi University Sports Centre. “
Kaushal Kishore holds the flag of Abhiyan Kaushal Ka during the launch of the event
- In 2021, Kaushal Kishore demanded an investigation into the allegations leveled by eyewitnesses of the 2008 Malegaon blast. According to an eyewitness, the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of the Mumbai Police forced him to identify Yogi Adityanath and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as the conspirators of the bomb blasts.
- After Kaushal’s elder brother died during the second wave of COVID-19, he criticized Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for mishandling the situation in the state during the pandemic.
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Source: HIS Education