Rajnish Kumar (politician)

For the peace activist, see Rajnish Kumar (peace activist).

Rajnish Kumar (August 17, 1960^[1] – August 27, 2019)^[2] was a politician in India. He was a member of Punjab Legislative Assembly and represented Mukerian. He was the son of former Punjab Assembly Speaker and finance minister Kewal Krishan.

Rajnish Kumar
MLA, Punjab
In office 2012 – 2019
Preceded by	Arunesh Kumar
Constituency	Mukerian
Personal details
Born	(1960-08-17)August 17, 1960
Died	August 27, 2019(2019-08-27) (aged 59)
Political party	Congress
Residence	Mukerian,

Family

He was the son of former Punjab Assembly Speaker and finance minister Kewal Krishan.^[3][4]

Political career

Rajnish Kumar first unsuccessfully contested the Punjab Legislative Assembly elections in 2007 from Mukerian as a Congress candidate.^[5] 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.^[4][6] 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.^[7][8]