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.

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 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.
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.