Bal Chandra Misra (born 17 July 1942) is an Indian politician and former cabinet minister in the

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Life

Misra was elected four times as MLA from the Govind Nagar assembly seat of

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which is the largest assembly seat in Asia as BJP candidate. After the 1996 election, CM

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appointed him as a minister in his cabinet. Misra was also minister in

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's cabinet for the department of Food & Civil Supplies and Labour. He was later made regional president of BJP unit Kanpur zone. Misa is known to take tough decisions, but not bow down to corruption and/or orders from senior leaders that he believes are inappropriate. Moreover, many senior leaders consider him as 'Bal Thackeray' of BJP. Mis is still considered one of the most honest politicians of his time. He actively contributed to rescuing Sikhs, at the risk of his own life, during the

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. He hasn't been properly rewarded for his excellence due to a rift between himself and senior leaders, (allegedly

Murli Manohar Joshi Murli Manohar Joshi (born 5 January 1934) is an Indian politician. He is one of the founding members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and served as its President from 1991 to 1993. In addition to his role in the BJP, he has been a lifelong ...

, Member of Parliament from Kanpur seat during 2014–2019) for not accepting demands from them which he considers illegitimate and has set himself a little apart from recent politics citing medical concern but, is still a gem in Indian politics.

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Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh Living people People from Kanpur State cabinet ministers of Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1989–1991 Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1991–1993 Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1993–1996 1942 births {{UttarPradesh-BJP-politician-stub