Rajnish Kumar (August 17, 1960 – August 27, 2019) was a politician in

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. He was a member of

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and represented Mukerian. He was the son of former Punjab Assembly Speaker and finance minister Kewal Krishan.

Family

He was the son of former Punjab Assembly Speaker and finance minister Kewal Krishan.

Political career

Rajnish Kumar first unsuccessfully contested the Punjab Legislative Assembly elections in 2007 from Mukerian as a Congress candidate. During the 2012 Punjab assembly elections, Congress nominated Ajit Kumar Narang from Mukerian. Rajnish Kumar decided to contest as an independent candidate, for which he was expelled from Congress. He successfully contested and became a member of the Punjab Legislative assembly by defeating 2nd placed BJP candidate Arunesh Kumar by more than 12 thousand votes. The Congress nominee came 3rd.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kumar, Rajnish 1960 births 2019 deaths Punjab, India MLAs 2012–2017 Place of birth missing Punjab, India MLAs 2017–2022 Indian National Congress politicians from Punjab, India