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Who is Kapil Mishra

Kapil Mishra

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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
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BJP leader Kapil Mishra meets Udaipur tailor's kin, announces Rs 1 cr aid

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.

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

BJP's Kapil Mishra hits out at Digvijaya Singh over Khargone violence

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

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

BJP leader Kapil Mishra alleges he was 'detained' at Ranchi airport

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

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Updated On : 17 Feb 2022 | 1:27 AM IST
Updated On : 08 Feb 2021 | 9:43 PM IST

Delhi Riots: HC to hear plea on FIR against Anurag Thakur, Kapil Mishra

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

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Updated On : 08 Oct 2020 | 6:00 PM IST
Updated On : 16 Mar 2020 | 2:32 AM IST
Updated On : 08 Mar 2020 | 1:27 AM IST

It's important that we don't forget the other deadly virus afflicting us

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

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Updated On : 06 Mar 2020 | 10:36 PM IST
Updated On : 06 Mar 2020 | 3:12 PM IST
Updated On : 06 Mar 2020 | 3:07 PM IST

Gambhir condemns violence, demands action against people provoking it

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.

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Updated On : 06 Mar 2020 | 3:02 PM IST
Updated On : 06 Mar 2020 | 3:00 PM IST

Top events of the day: Plea against Kapil Mishra, Unnao case, and more

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

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

BJP leader's SC plea seeks implementation of law panel's hate speech report

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

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Updated On : 27 Feb 2020 | 8:25 PM IST
Updated On : 25 Jan 2020 | 2:56 PM IST

Delhi election 2020: FIR filed against Kapil Mishra over India vs Pak tweet

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.

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

EC asks Twitter to remove BJP leader Kapil Mishra's tweet on Delhi polls

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.

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