Kishan Kapoor

Kishan Kapoor is an Indian politician and the member of Bharatiya Janata Party. He is the sitting Member of parliament, Lok Sabha from Kangra Lok Sabha constituency of Himachal Pradesh. He won the seat by a record margin of votes in the General election 2019. He has won by the margin of 4.77 lakh votes which is the 2nd largest voting percentage at 72.2% all over the country. He previously served as Food, Civil supplies & Consumer Affairs minister in the Himachal Pradesh Government. In the past, he has served three terms as a Cabinet minister and five terms as a member of the legislative assembly representing the Dharamshala assembly constituency. He is one of the senior most Bhartiya Janta Party leaders from the state.

Kishan Kapoor
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
23 May 2019
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byShanta Kumar
ConstituencyKangra Lok Sabha constituency
Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Election Minister Himachal Pradesh Government
In office
27 December 2017 – 23 May 2019
ConstituencyDharamshala assembly constituency
Industries, Transport and Urban Development Minister Himachal Pradesh Government
In office
2007–2012
ConstituencyDharamshala assembly constituency
Transport, Tribal Development, Printing and Stationary and Law Minister Himachal Pradesh Government
In office
1998–2003
ConstituencyDharamshala assembly constituency
Personal details
Born(1952-06-25)25 June 1952
Khanyara, Dharamshala, India
Spouse(s)Rekha Kapoor
Children2
MotherGulabo Devi
FatherHari Ram
OccupationPolitician, Businessman
Known forSocial work

Personal life

Born to Hari Ram and Gulabo Devi in Khaniyara village adjoining Dharamshala, Kapoor is the eldest of four brothers. He is the grandson of the Gaddi contractor, Hodi Thekedar. He is married to Rekha Kapoor, who serves as the Additional Secretary in the Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education and hails from Chamba district. They both have a daughter, Pragati Kapoor and a son, Shashwat Kapoor

Political career

He was Minister for Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Election in HP and the member of the legislative assembly (MLA) from Dharamshala assembly constituency. Serving his third term as a minister in the cabinet of Jai Ram Thakur, he has previously held important portfolios like Industries, Transport, Town and Country Planning, Urban Development in the Prem Kumar Dhumal Cabinet. During this time, he was accompanied by Jagat Prakash Nadda, National President of the BJP, as his colleague.

Kapoor's timeline in politics is a long one, and he plunged into active politics at a relatively younger age.

  • 1970 Remained a member of the Jansangh and the Janta Party
  • 1978 Yuva Morcha Secretary
  • 1980 Attended the formation of BJP
  • 1982-1984 Mandal Adhyaksh BJP Dharamshala
  • 1985 Fought first MLA election as a BJP candidate from Dharamshala constituency
  • 1990 Represented Dharamshala constituency as an MLA for the BJP
  • 1993 Won for the second time from Dharamshala and reached the Vidhan Sabha
  • 1993-97 Appointed as Chief Whip Vidhan Sabha
  • 1994 Appointed as the State Executive Member BJP HP
  • 1995-97 Remained BJP President Kangra District
  • 1996 Appointed as BJP Election Incharge for Kangra Parliamentary Constituency
  • 1998 Won for the third time from Dharamshala constituency
  • 1998 Sworn in as Transport, Tribal Development, Printing and Stationary and Law Minister
  • 2003 Contested from Dharamshala and lost
  • 2004 Appointed as State Spokesperson BJP Himachal Pradesh
  • 2007 Won for the fourth time from Dharamshala
  • 2008 Sworn in as Transport, Urban Development, Housing and Town and Country Planning Minister
  • 2009 Portfolios changed to Industries, Labor and Employment and Sainik Welfare Ministries
  • 2012 Contested from Dharamshala and lost
  • 2017 Won from Dharamshala constituency for the fifth term
  • 2017 Sworn in as the Food and Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs and Election Minister
  • 2019 Elected as Member of Parliament from Kangra Parliamentary Constituency for the first time with a record margin of the highest voting percentage in the entire country.

Postal Address

Village Darnu, Post Office Kotwali Bazaar, Tehsil Dharamshala, District Kangra - 176215


Education

As per records, Kapoor has successfully completed his senior secondary education from Punjab university in 1970. He then went on to do a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Dharamshala college but dropped out in the last year due to increased political involvement.

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References

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    1. "BJP registers historical win in Himachal with victory margins crossing 4.75 lakh, vote share 70 per cent".
    2. Chauhan, Pratibha (18 October 2017). "Rebels may play spoilsport for BJP again". The Tribune (Chandigarh). Tribune News Service. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
    3. "Himachal Pradesh Election Results: BJP leader Kishan Kapoor wins from Dharamshala". Zee News. Zee Media Bureau. 18 December 2017. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
    4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 January 2006. Retrieved 18 February 2020.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
    5. "Members : Lok Sabha".
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