Kaushal Kishore
Kaushal Kishore in 2022
Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 July 2021
President	Ram Nath Kovind
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	Hardeep Singh Puri
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 May 2014
Preceded by	Sushila Saroj
Constituency	Mohanlalganj
Personal details
Born	(1960-01-25) 25 January 1960 (age 64) Kakori, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Jai Devi (m. 1984)
Children	4
Residence(s)	Begariya, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Alma mater	Kali Charan Inter College
Occupation	Agriculturist,Politician
As of 7 July, 2021 Source: [[1]]

Kaushal Kishore is an Indian politician currently serving as the Minister of State for Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India since 7 July 2021.^[2] He is representing Mohanlalganj constituency, Uttar Pradesh. He is the national president of Parakh Mahasangh and is the State President of the party's SC wing. He is a leader of the party and an activist for issues of social justice.

Early life

He was born in Begariya village, Tehsil-Mohanlalganj, District-Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh into a schedule caste Pasi community to Shri Kallu Prasad and Smt. Parvati Devi. His mother was a housewife and his father was a farmer. The small land holding was not sufficient for family subsistence.^{[citation needed]}

Education

After completing his intermediate studies at his native place, Kali Charan Inter college, Lucknow, Kishore took admission in under graduate course at C.R. Degree College but could not continue as he got involved in family illness, and labourers and cultivators' causes.

He could buy a bicycle only in class 12th, after getting his first scholarship in 1977.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Kishore was MLA from Malihabad constituency in 2002. In 2002-2003 he also rose to be a minister of state in Mulayam Singh's government.

Controversy

Kishore came under public scrutiny when he blamed the decision-making skills of "educated women" when commenting on the murder of Shraddha Walkar. Kishore blamed women for choosing their own partners and stated that they should "learn from such incidents (Shraddha murder). They should stay with someone with the approval of their parents.”^[3]

Positions held

• 2002-2007: member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
• 2003-2004: Minister of State, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh
• May, 2014: elected to 16th Lok Sabha
• May, 2019: elected to 17th Lok Sabha
• 1 September 2014 – present: member, Standing Committee on Home Affairs; member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Labour and Employment