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{{short description|Indian Minister of State for Home Affairs}}
{{For|the Indian television actor|Ajay Mishra (actor)}}
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| office = [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Minister of State for Home Affairs]]
| term_start = 8 July 2021<br />Serving with [[Nityanand Rai]] and [[Nisith Pramanik | N. Pramanik]]
| primeminister = [[Narendra Modi]]
| minister = [[Amit Shah]]
| predecessor = [[G. Kishan Reddy]]
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'''Ajay Mishra Teni''' (25 September 1960) is a politician and a [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]] in the [[17th Lok Sabha]].<ref name="Member Profile"/><ref name="Candidate affidavit">{{cite news|title=Candidate affidavit|publisher=My neta.info|access-date=17 Dec 2015|url=http://myneta.info/up2012/candidate.php?candidate_id=2003}}</ref> He is the current Minister of State in Ministry of Home affairs, Government of India. He represents the [[Kheri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kheri]] constituency of [[Uttar Pradesh]] and is a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] political party.<ref name="2012 Election Results">{{cite news|title=2012 Election Results|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] website|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2012/Stats_Report_UP2012.pdf|access-date=17 Dec 2015}}</ref><ref name="All MLAs from constituency">{{cite news|title=All MLAs from constituency|publisher=elections.in|url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/nighasan.html|access-date=17 Dec 2015}}</ref><ref name="Member Lok Sabha Profile">{{cite news|title=Member Lok Sabha Profile|publisher=[[Lok Sabha]] website|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/briefbioprofiles.aspx?mpsno=4696|url-status=dead|access-date=17 December 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150115092828/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/briefbioprofiles.aspx?mpsno=4696|archive-date=15 January 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Mishra was born in [[Banbirpur|Banveer Pur]] village in [[Lakhimpur Kheri district]].<ref name="Teni Cases Wire">{{cite news |title=Who Was Ajay Mishra Before He Became a Legislator? |url=https://thewire.in/politics/ajay-mishra-2000-murder-case-lakhimpur-kheri |access-date=8 December 2021 |work=The Wire |date=18 October 2021}}</ref> He attended the [[Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University]]'s [[Christ Church College, Kanpur]] and [[DAV College, Kanpur]] and received [[Bachelor of Science]] and [[Bachelor of Laws]] degrees.<ref name="Candidate affidavit"/><ref name="Member Profile"/> He is also known as Ajay Kumar Mishra.

==Political career==
In 2012, Mishra was elected as [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] in the [[16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|16th Legislative Assembly]] of [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Uttar Pradesh]] from [[Nighasan (Assembly constituency)|Nighasan]].<ref name="Member Profile" /><ref name="Member Lok Sabha Profile" /><ref name="Candidate affidavit" /> Mishra has won the Lok Sabha elections from [[Kheri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kheri]] constituency in 2014 and 2019, as a member of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].

In September 2014, he was appointed as a Member of the Standing Committee on Rural Development. In July 2021, he became Minister of State in the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry Of Home Affairs]] in the [[Second Modi ministry]] after the Cabinet reshuffle.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/modi-cabinet-rejig-full-list-of-new-ministers-1825111-2021-07-07|title=Modi cabinet rejig: Full list of new ministers|website=India Today|access-date=2021-07-11}}</ref>

==Criminal cases==
===1990s===
In the year 1990, a criminal case was registered against Mishra under [[Indian Penal Code]] (IPC) sections 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means) and 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace).<ref name="Teni Cases Wire" />

In 1996, Mishra was named a [[History-sheeter]] in the records at Tikonia police station. After a few months, the sheet was closed.<ref name="Teni Cases Wire" />

===Prabhat Gupta murder case===
In 2000, in the [[Tikonia]] area of [[Lakhimpur Kheri district]], 23-year-old Prabhat Gupta was shot dead. Mishra was named in the FIR of the case.<ref name="Teni Cases Wire" /> Mishra was fired upon during the hearing of this case, thus injuring him. The shooter managed to escape successfully and was never identified.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pandey |first1=Neelam |last2=Srivastava |first2=Prashant |title=MoS Ajay Mishra — Lakhimpur Kheri strongman who 'delivers justice on the spot' |url=https://theprint.in/india/mos-ajay-mishra-lakhimpur-kheri-strongman-murder-accused-who-delivers-justice-on-the-spot/746102/ |access-date=8 December 2021 |work=ThePrint |date=6 October 2021}}</ref>

Mishra was acquitted in 2004. The victim's family have filed an appeal against the acquittal in the [[Allahabad High Court]]. The appeal case is ongoing. This case that included a serious charge of murder under IPC section 302, was disclosed by Mishra in his election affidavit submitted to the Election commission before the [[2014 Lok Sabha election]].<ref name="Teni Cases Wire" />

===2005===
In an election affidavit submitted to the Election commission before the [[2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2012 UP assembly election]] Mishra had declared a criminal case as "Crime no. 92/2005, Case No. 3592/07, 3593/07, court taken cognizance". Mishra was charged with five sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) 147 (punishment for rioting), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace), 506 (criminal intimidation), and 452 (House-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint).<ref name="Teni Cases Wire" />

==Lakhimpur Kheri violence==
{{main|Lakhimpur Kheri violence}}
The [[2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest]] were organised against [[2020 Indian agriculture acts|three farm acts]] which were passed by the BJP-led [[Union Government of India|Union Government]] in the [[BJP]] controlled [[Parliament of India]] in September 2020.

In September 2021, Teni was attending an event in the Palia town of the Lakhimpur Kheri district. During the event, the farmers had shown black flags as a sign of protest. Teni had threatened the farmers in his speech saying, "''Sudhar jao, nahi toh hum aapko sudhaar denge, do minute lagega keval''" (You better mend your ways, or we will teach you a lesson, it will only take a couple of minutes.) Tajinder Singh Virk, a farmer leader, later organised a protest against Teni's upcoming visit, in response to this threat.<ref name="Virk Caravan 6 Dec">{{cite news |last1=Tur |first1=Jatinder Kaur |title=I was definitely targeted in the Lakhimpur violence: Farmer leader Tajinder Singh Virk |url=https://caravanmagazine.in/crime/i-was-definitely-targeted-in-the-lakhimpur-violence-farmer-leader-tajinder-singh-virk |access-date=6 December 2021 |work=The Caravan |language=en}}</ref> On 3 October, BJP leaders Teni and [[Keshav Prasad Maurya]] had planned to attend an event in the area.<ref name="Virk Caravan 6 Dec" />

On October 3, 2021, Ajay Kumar Mishra's son, Ashish Mishra, allegedly [[Lakhimpur Kheri violence|ran his car over farmers protesting]] in [[Lakhimpur Kheri]]. Farmer groups alleged that at least four farmers and a journalist were killed and several others injured, after they were deliberately run over by a car that was part of the convoy of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs and BJP MP Ajay Kumar Mishra.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-10-05|title=Lakhimpur violence: Opposition leaders barred from town|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-58760612|access-date=2021-10-08}}</ref> Three members of the Minister’s convoy were killed in the mob lynching by the protesting farmers following the car-ramming incident.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Rashid|first1=Omar|last2=Singh|first2=Vijaita|date=2021-10-03|title=Four farmers killed as car in Union Minister's convoy runs amok in Uttar Pradesh|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/farmers-killed-as-car-in-union-ministers-convoy-runs-amok/article36807735.ece|access-date=2021-10-08|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Eight people died and more than ten were injured.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-10-03|title=Eight killed in violence during protest against ministers in UP's Lakhimpur Kheri: Police|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/eight-dead-in-up-s-lakhimpur-kheri-after-jeep-runs-over-protesting-farmers-101633273679900.html|access-date=2021-10-08|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> Ajay Kumar Mishra's son, Ashish Mishra, denied the charge and tried to evaded police questioning.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lakhimpur Kheri: India minister's son evades police questioning |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-58839296 |access-date=9 October 2021 |work=BBC News |date=8 October 2021}}</ref> The Indian Supreme court expressed its displeasure against the lack of action against the accused in the case.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lakhimpur Kheri incident: SC slams UP government over delay in arrest of Ashish Mishra |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/lakhimpur-kheri-incident-sc-slams-up-government-over-delay-in-arrest-of-ashish-mishra-101633701867459-amp.html |access-date=8 December 2021 |work=Hindustan Times |date=8 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Roy |first1=Debayan |title=Lakhimpur Kheri Uttar Pradesh massacre: "Action of UP govt only in words:" Supreme Court unhappy with probe |url=https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/lakhimpur-kheri-uttar-pradesh-massacre-action-of-up-govt-only-in-words-supreme-court-unhappy-with-probe |access-date=8 December 2021 |work=Bar and Bench - Indian Legal news |language=en}}</ref> After this, he was interrogated, and arrested by [[UP Police]] on October 9, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/lakhimpur-khrri-violence-union-ministers-son-questioned-for-9-hours/articleshow/86895569.cms|title = Lakhimpur Kheri violence: Union minister's son arrested after 11 hours of questioning | India News - Times of India|website = [[The Times of India]]}}</ref>

On December 15, 2021, on being questioned about his son's involvement in the incident and new charges being recommended against his son, Ajay Mishra hurled abuses at reporters and reported lunged at a journalist. He further demanded that they stop filming and recording him.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Video: Minister Ajay Mishra Lunges At Reporter For Referencing Jailed Son|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/lakhimpur-kheri-farmers-killing-union-minister-ajay-mishra-teni-grabs-mic-abuses-journalists-on-being-asked-about-jailed-son-ashish-mishra-2652458|access-date=2021-12-15|website=NDTV.com}}</ref>

===Calls for removal from Home ministry post===
On November 26, 2021 the [[Delhi Legislative Assembly]] passed a resolution demanding the sacking of MoS Ajay Misra from his post of Minister of State.<ref name="Delhi Assembly Misra 8 Dec">{{cite news |last1=Mehra |first1=Sushant |title=Delhi Assembly passes resolution demanding removal of MoS Ajay Misra over Lakhimpur Kheri case |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/delhi-assembly-passes-resolution-demanding-removal-mos-ajay-misra-lakhimpur-kheri-case-1881144-2021-11-26 |access-date=8 December 2021 |work=India Today |date=26 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Assembly passes resolution condemning farm laws |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/assembly-passes-resolution-condemning-farm-laws/article37713760.ece |access-date=8 December 2021 |work=The Hindu |date=27 November 2021 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

Several opposition leaders and farmer groups have questioned why Teni has not been removed from his post and asked PM Modi to sack Teni; while others have also demanded his arrest. Modi has not responded to these calls.<ref name="Teni continuation Caravan">{{cite news |title=Why Teni's continuation in office negates the idea of a fair probe in Lakhimpur deaths |url=https://caravanmagazine.in/politics/why-teni-in-office-negates-the-idea-of-fair-probe-lakhimpur-kheri |access-date=8 January 2022 |work=The Caravan |date=31 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref> On 8 November, A lawyer through his submission, informed the Supreme court that the accused of Lakhimpur Kheri incident were "at large roaming scot-free" as they "wielded the thunderbolt of police power through political clout."<ref group="note">Ajay Mishra Teni holds the post of the minister of state for Home Affairs in [[Second Modi ministry|Narendra Modi cabinet]]. The Home Ministry is the cadre controlling authority for the [[Indian Police Service]].</ref><ref name="Teni continuation Caravan" />

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