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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Kapil Mishra
|image=
| office1 = [[Cabinet Minister]], [[Government of Delhi]]
| 2blankname1 = Ministry
| 2namedata1 = Water Resource Management
| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata1 = [[Arvind Kejriwal]]
| governor1 = [[Najeeb Jung]]
| term_start1 = 2015
|term_end1 = 2017
|office2=[[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]], [[Delhi Legislative Assembly|Delhi]]
|constituency2 =[[Karawal Nagar (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Karawal Nagar]]
|predecessor2 = [[Mohan Singh Bisht]]
|successor2 = [[Mohan Singh Bisht]]
|state_assembly2=Delhi Assembly
|termstart2 =14 February 2015
|termend2 =2 August 2019
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1980|11|13|df=yes}}
|birth_place= [[Delhi]], [[India]]
|blank1 = Established
|data1 = Youth For Justice
|otherparty = [[Aam Aadmi Party]] (2013-2017)
|mother=[[Annapurna Mishra]]
|father=Rameshwar Mishra "Pankaj"
|spouse=Pretty Mishra
|children=2
|party=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (2019-present)
}}

'''Kapil Mishra''' (born 13 November 1980){{Citation needed|date=February 2020}} is an Indian [[politician]] from Delhi.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/article557034.ece |title=Development model promoted in the name of Games flayed |work=The Hindu |date=2010-06-01 |access-date=2010-08-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/86617/now-book-slams-cwg-puns.html |title=Now book slams CWG, puns on 'Common v/s Wealth' |date=6 August 2010 |publisher=Deccanherald.com |access-date=2010-08-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ptinews.com/news/851850_Arjuna-awardee-wrestler-wonders-why-Delhi-is-hosting-CWG |title=Arjuna awardee wonders why Delhi is hosting CWG |publisher=Ptinews.com |access-date=2010-08-07}}</ref> Before joining the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in 2019, Mishra was an [[Aam Aadmi Party]] [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] representing [[Karawal Nagar (Delhi Assembly constituency)]] in the [[Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi]].

He was inducted as a Water Resource Minister in [[Arvind Kejriwal]] cabinet led AAP government of NCT Delhi, he was removed by [[Arvind Kejriwal]] from his ministry over corruption found in his ministry works, later he accused [[Arvind Kejriwal]] of corruption along with [[Satyendra Kumar Jain]]. Afterward, he sought appointments with the Anti-Corruption Bureau of Delhi to lodge his complaints, regarding 2 crores of bribe money which he alleged had been exchanged, but could not prove it.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Sacked Delhi minister Kapil Mishra no stranger to controversies|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/sacked-delhi-minister-kapil-mishra-no-stranger-to-controversies/articleshow/58565626.cms?from=mdr|access-date=2020-09-22}}</ref> Later on, the Lokayukta dropped Kejriwal's name from the case.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Sacked Delhi minister Kapil Mishra no stranger to controversies|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/sacked-delhi-minister-kapil-mishra-no-stranger-to-controversies/articleshow/58565626.cms|access-date=2020-09-22}}</ref>

Mishra later alleged more instances of corruption in the AAP government under [[Arvind Kejriwal]]. Being a member and MLA of [[Aam Aadmi Party]] (AAP), he was supporting, sharing stage events for [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) and was also campaigning against his own party AAP in [[2019 Indian general election]]. These events and instances of anti-party activities were brought to the notice of the Speaker [[Ram Niwas Goel]] of [[Delhi Legislative Assembly]] by his former colleague MLA [[Saurabh Bhardwaj]]. After due process of proceedings and observations been conducted by the Legislative Speaker '''under rule of paragraph 2(1)(a) of the tenth schedule of the Indian constitution on grounds of defection and anti-party activities, Mishra was disqualified as an MLA of Delhi.'''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kapil Mishra|url=http://delhiassembly.nic.in/aspfile/whos_who/VIthAssembly/WhosWho/KapilMishra.htm|access-date=2020-09-22|website=delhiassembly.nic.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Rebel AAP Leader Kapil Mishra, Disqualified By Delhi Speaker, Joins BJP|url=https://www.ndtv.com/delhi-news/rebel-aap-leader-kapil-mishra-disqualified-by-delhi-speaker-joins-bjp-2086345|access-date=2020-09-22|website=NDTV.com}}</ref> After few days of getting disqualified as an MLA, Kapil Mishra joined BJP in presence of senior BJP leaders of Delhi [[Manoj Tiwari (politician)|Manoj Tiwari]], [[Vijay Goel (politician)|Vijay Goel]], [[Vijender Gupta]], [[Satish Upadhyay]] and others.<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 17, 2019|title=Former AAP minister Kapil Mishra joins BJP|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/former-aap-minister-kapil-mishra-joins-bjp-1581722-2019-08-17|access-date=2020-09-22|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Disqualified AAP MLA Kapil Mishra, women's wing chief join BJP|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/former-aap-minister-kapil-mishra-joins-bjp/articleshow/70711616.cms|access-date=2020-09-22}}</ref>

==Activism==
As co-founder and coordinator of "Youth for Justice", a [[New Delhi]] based youth action group that works on spontaneous issues that need cognizance, he has led the youth protest on various socio-economic issues including [[Jessica Lal]] murder trial, issues of Farmers [[suicide]]s in various parts of country,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/26/stories/2007022620640300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107222434/http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/26/stories/2007022620640300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-11-07 |title=Protest march against suicides by farmers, SEZs |date=2007-02-26 |access-date=2010-08-07 |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai, India}}</ref> encroachment on [[Yamuna River]] bed<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=173141&version=1&template_id=40&parent_id=22 |title=Gulf Times – Qatar's top-selling English daily newspaper - India |publisher=Gulf-times.com |date=2007-09-17 |access-date=2010-08-07}}</ref> and various other issues.

He protested against the cases of corruption in [[Commonwealth Games 2010]] held in [[New Delhi]] and has written a pamphlet "It's Common v/s Wealth" highlighting the various scams and social and environmental concerns related with [[CWG 2010]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/events-tournaments/commonwealth-games/top-stories/Arjuna-awardee-wonders-why-Delhi-is-hosting-CWG/articleshow/6267029.cms |title=Arjuna awardee wonders why Delhi is hosting CWG - Top Stories - Commonwealth Games - Events & Tournaments - Sports - The Times of India |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date= 2010-08-06|access-date=2010-08-07}}</ref> Since 2007, He raised his voice against the anti-people development approach that is being practiced by authorities in the name of [[Commonwealth Games]] in New Delhi.

He raised his voice inside [[Legislative Assembly of Delhi|Delhi Assembly]] against exploitation of Yamuna in the name of Commonwealth Games and got detained for the action.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://hindu.com/2007/09/19/stories/2007091959350300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018160610/http://hindu.com/2007/09/19/stories/2007091959350300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-10-18 |title='Save Yamuna' echo in Assembly |date=2007-09-19 |access-date=2010-08-07 |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai, India}}</ref> He has initiated and participated in several protests against exploitation of common people and common resources in the name of "Growth and Development".

He has also prepared a report as citizen journalist for [[CNN-IBN]] on encroachment on river Yamuna and also has exposed the issues of violation of [[labor law]]s at Games sites by camping outside Games village along with other members of "Youth for Justice".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://features.ibnlive.in.com/features/cjawards/saveyourcity.php#.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081026093101/http://features.ibnlive.in.com/features/cjawards/saveyourcity.php#.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-10-26 |title=IBNlive > Citizen Journalist Awards.
|publisher=Features.ibnlive.in.com |date=2008-10-20 |access-date=2010-08-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/34827235/It-s-Common-v-s-Wealth-by-Kapil-Mishra |title=It's Common v/s Wealth by Kapil Mishra |publisher=Scribd.com |date=2010-07-25 |access-date=2010-08-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:4Qb_-tspVWMJ:www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/fertilizer-subsidy-policy-brie.pdf+kapil+mishra+greenpeace&hl=en&gl=in&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShwV8I6ApB4q3Ud2SdXGB5kvtt9GghKK8dNZkaNqbrAp5-roV6Dvpidayp33JPVe7dPTNQAc_wHa0u57_FMQKN8xh5NRtp8M-6qZjJYkEQrwP73DzZEPXOxiC-klzl40OFVu_FQ&sig=AHIEtbST3vBOKujObC7DIv56t70ge-3OZQ |title=fertilizer-subsidy-policy-brie.pdf|work=Powered by Google Docs |access-date=2010-08-07}}</ref>

==Political career==
Mishra contested the [[2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election]] as the AAP candidate from [[Karawal Nagar (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Karawal Nagar]] constituency. He won the election, defeating his rival BJP candidate [[Mohan Singh Bisht]] by a margin of 44,431 votes.

The Arvind Kejriwal Government recently sacked him from the post of Water Minister. He later submitted documents to the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) to back his allegations that Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal delayed the probe into an Rs.400 crore tanker scam.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/news/latest-news/2017/05/08/will-never-join-bjp-challenge-aap-to-expel-me-sacked-delhi-minister-kapil-mishra.html|title=കൈക്കൂലി ആരോപണം: കേജ്‍രിവാൾ പ്രതിരോധത്തിൽ; വധഭീഷണിയെന്ന് കപിൽ മിശ്ര|work=ManoramaOnline|author=സ്വന്തം ലേഖകൻ|date=8 May 2017|access-date=27 February 2020|trans-title=AAP suspends Kapil Mishra; Kejriwal says he will win the truth|language=ml}}</ref> Kapil Mishra was suspended from the party’s primary membership a day after he leveled corruption charges against Arvind Kejriwal and his former cabinet colleague [[Satyendra Kumar Jain]].<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/kapil-mishra-suspended-from-aap-a-day-after-being-fired-as-minister/article18410780.ece|title=The Hindu: Kapil Mishra suspended from AAP a day after being fired as Minister|newspaper=The Hindu|date=8 May 2017|last1=Anand|first1=Jatin|last2=Pillai|first2=Soumya}}</ref> However, his opponents allege that his allegations have turned out to be baseless as CBI and Lokayukta gave him a clean chit in this alleged ₹2 Cr. bribery case.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/cbi-lokayukta-give-a-clean-chit-to-kejriwal/articleshow/65204868.cms|title=CBI, Lokayukta give a clean chit to Arvind Kejriwal|first=Atul|last=Mathur|date=31 July 2018|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=4 October 2019}}</ref>

On 2 August 2019, he was disqualified from the [[Delhi Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] under the anti-defection law.<ref name="2019Aug2TOI">{{cite news |author=Alok KN Mishra |title=Rebel AAP MLA Kapil Mishra disqualified from Delhi assembly |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/rebel-aap-mla-kapil-mishra-disqualified-from-delhi-assembly/articleshow/70500608.cms |access-date=27 February 2020 |work=The Times of India |date=2 August 2019 |language=en}}</ref> He officially joined [[Bharatiya Janta Party]] on 17 August 2019.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/disqualified-aap-mla-kapil-mishra-women-wing-chief-joins-bjp-in-delhi-2273521.html | title=Disqualified AAP MLA Kapil Mishra Joins BJP in Delhi, Calls it an 'Emotional Moment' | date=17 August 2019 | agency=PTI | publisher=News18 | access-date=4 October 2019}}</ref>

==Controversies==

===2020 Delhi Assembly election===
In January 2020, he stirred up a controversy when he likened the upcoming [[2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election]] to an India versus Pakistan contest. He tweeted, "There will be a contest on Delhi Roads between [[India]] and [[Pakistan]] on February 8". A show-cause notice was issued to Mishra by the Delhi poll authorities for "violation of the model code of conduct and the Representation of the People Act". [[Election Commission of India]] also imposed a 48-hour campaigning ban on him over his controversial tweets which tried to aggravate differences between two communities.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/elections/delhi-assembly-polls-2020/story/kapil-mishra-election-commission-delhi-polls-1640088-2020-01-25|title = Delhi Assembly Polls 2020- Kapil Sharma-Election Commission}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://scroll.in/latest/951081/delhi-elections-kapil-mishra-gets-48-hour-campaigning-ban-for-india-vs-pakistan-tweet|title = Kapil Mishra gets 48 hours campaign ban for India-Pakistan tweet}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/delhi/2020/jan/25/fir-filed-against-kapil-mishra-over-india-pak-tweet-on-shaheen-bagh-2094343.html|title = FIR filled against Kapil Mishra over India-Pakistan tweet}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://m.hindustantimes.com/assembly-elections/delhi-assembly-elections-2020-election-commission-seeks-report-on-kapil-mishra-s-mini-pakistan-in-delhi-tweets/story-98Gxa18hNbyCYj9b9wgSiJ_amp.html|title = Election Commission seeks report on Kapil Mishra's mini Pakistan remark|date = 24 January 2020}}</ref>

===North East Delhi Riots===
{{Main|North East Delhi riots}}
On 23 February 2020, Mishra publicly spoke out in a rally against the anti-CAA protesters, in the presence of the [[Superintendent of police (India)|DCP]] of [[North East Delhi]] district, Ved Prakash Surya.{{efn|Previously, on 17 December 2019, violence occurred during the CAA-protests in the Seelampur area, in North East Delhi. On 3 January 2020, DCP Surya told media that adequate security personnel and proper security arrangements were in place in the Seelampur area and no further gatherings and violence were expected.<ref>{{cite news |title=No gathering expected, adequate security deployed in Seelampur: DCP Ved Prakash |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/no-gathering-expected-adequate-security-deployed-in-seelampur-dcp-ved-prakash20200103131121/ |access-date=25 February 2020 |work=[[Asian News International]] (ANI) |date=3 January 2020}}</ref>}} Mishra tried to intimidate the police to remove the protesters from Jaffrabad and Chand Bagh areas in three days' time, allegedly threatening to take matters into his own hands, "hit the streets" and "not remain peaceful" in the event of their failure.<ref name="Mishra DNA 2">{{cite news |title=Two complaints filed against BJP leader Kapil Mishra for inciting violence in North-East Delhi |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/delhi/report-two-complaints-filed-against-bjp-leader-kapil-mishra-for-inciting-violence-in-north-east-delhi-2814932 |access-date=25 February 2020 |work=DNA India |date=25 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Kapil Mishra warns cops: Clear road in 3 days... after that we won't listen to you' |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/kapil-mishra-warns-cops-clear-road-in-3-days-after-that-we-won-t-listen-to-you/story-Ppd9qPXknizVMsaLsFIFTI.html |access-date=25 February 2020 |work=The Hindustan Times |date=24 February 2020}}</ref> After the rally, Mishra himself posted a video of him threatening the police on Twitter. Within a few hours of Kapil Mishra's rally, violent clashes started between the supporters and the people against CAA.<ref name="Gambhir 25 Feb" />

Relatives of the people who died in the violence accused Mishra of inciting the clashes and asked for his immediate arrest and strict punishment. The father of a victim Rahul Solanki claimed that Mishra instigated the fire and returned to his home, while their children are becoming victims of the violence. He added that people will continue losing their children until Mishra was arrested.<ref name="Jansatta Kapil">{{cite news |title=कपिल मिश्रा आग लगा के घर में घुस गया, हम जैसों के बेटे मर रहे हैं- फूटा पिता का दर्द और गुस्सा|url=https://www.jansatta.com/national/families-dead-say-hate-blame-kapil-mishra-enters-house-fire-rohit-solankis-fathers-pain-anger/1330441/|access-date=26 February 2020 |work=Jansatta |date=26 February 2020 |language=hi|trans-title=Kapil Mishra set fire to the house, we sons like him are dying - father's pain and anger }}</ref>

BJP's [[East Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)|East Delhi]] MP, [[Gautam Gambhir]], on 25 February stated that "Kapil Mishra's speech is not acceptable" and asked for strict action to be taken against the people responsible for violence, regardless of which political party they belonged to.<ref name="Gambhir 25 Feb">{{cite news |title="Kapil Mishra's Speech Unacceptable": BJP's Gautam Gambhir On Delhi Violence |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/delhi-violence-gautam-gambhir-says-kapil-mishras-speech-unacceptable-2185318 |access-date=26 February 2020 |work=NDTV.com |date=25 February 2020}}</ref>

Three complaints (two police complaints for a report and one plea to the [[Supreme Court of India]]) have been filed against Kapil Mishra for allegedly inciting violence. The complaints alleged that Mishra had made inflammatory remarks publicly, inciting people and causing the violence. The police has taken no action against Mishra as of 25 February.<ref name="Mishra DNA 2" /> On 25 February, Mishra wrote in series of tweets that he was not scared of the "massive hate campaign" against him for "speaking truth" and supporting CAA.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/defiant-bjp-leader-kapil-mishra-says-did-not-commit-crime-by-supporting-caa/article30920351.ece|title=Delhi violence: Defiant BJP leader Kapil Mishra says did not commit crime by supporting CAA|date=2020-02-26|work=The Hindu|access-date=2020-02-26|others=PTI|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> He had tweeted a video and written "Jaffrabad has been vacated, there won't be another [[Shaheen Bagh protests|Shaheen Bagh]]" on same day.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-there-wont-be-another-shaheen-bagh-bjps-kapil-mishra-tweets-video/347872|title='There Won't Be Another Shaheen Bagh': BJP's Kapil Mishra Tweets Video|website=Outlook India|access-date=2020-02-26}}</ref>

On 26 February, the Delhi High Court played the video clip of Kapil Mishra's speech in the court while hearing the plea. The court then asked the police to take "conscious decision" while filing cases related to the hate speeches made by the three BJP leaders Kapil Mishra, [[Anurag Thakur]] and [[Parvesh Verma]].<ref name="HC 26 Feb">{{cite news |title=Kapil Mishra's controversial speech played in Delhi High Court |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kapil-mishras-controversial-speech-played-in-delhi-high-court/article30920985.ece |access-date=26 February 2020 |work=The Hindu |date=26 February 2020 }}</ref><ref name="HC 26 Feb ABP">{{cite news |work=ABP News |title=Delhi Riots {{!}} HC Directs Police To Register FIR Against Kapil Mishra, Others For Inflammatory Speeches |url=https://news.abplive.com/news/india/delhi-riots-hc-directs-police-to-register-fir-against-kapil-mishra-others-for-inflammatory-speeches-1165895 |access-date=26 February 2020 |date=26 February 2020 }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Mishra is the son of [[Annapurna Mishra]], a former [[East Delhi Municipal Corporation|mayor of East Delhi]] affiliated with the BJP<ref>{{cite news |author1=Risha Chitlangia |title=BJP leader's son goes AAP way |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/BJP-leaders-son-goes-AAP-way/articleshow/22868087.cms |access-date=27 February 2020 |work=The Times of India |date=22 September 2013 |language=en}}</ref> and Rameshwar Mishra "Pankaj", a former socialist leader, thinker and author.<ref>{{cite web |title=BJP's Kapil Mishra Has Issued an 'Ultimatum' to the Delhi Police. But Who Is He? |url=https://thewire.in/communalism/kapil-mishra-delhi-bjp |website=The Wire |access-date=27 February 2020 |date=24 February 2020}}</ref>

==Footnotes==
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==References==
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== External links ==
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*[http://delhiassembly.nic.in/aspfile/whos_who/VIthAssembly/WhosWho/KapilMishra.htm Kapil Mishra]
*[https://twitter.com/KapilMishra_IND?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Official Website] on [[Twitter]]
{{Aam Aadmi Party|Ex-members=Kapil Mishra}}

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