Vijay Kumar Mishra

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Vijay Kumar Mishra is an Indian politician from the state of Bihar. Recently[ when? ] Janta Dal United has nominated him as a Member of the Legislative Council (MLC).

Vijay Kumar Mishra is the eldest son of a former Railway Minister of India, Lalit Narayan Mishra, and the nephew of the former Union Cabinet minister and ex-Chief Minister of Bihar, Jagannath Mishra.

Mishra has represented Jale assembly constituency in Bihar as a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly, being first elected for a five-year term in 1990, then again in 2000 and for the years 2010-2014. He also represented Darbhanga as a Member of Parliament in the 8th Lok Sabha (1984–1989) after defeating Pandit Harinath Mishra, a former Union Minister and Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. Member of legislative council, MLC during 1975–1980.

Mishra has been a Vice President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, and chairman of the government machinery committee in the Bihar Legislative Assembly.

He is married to Meena Mishra and has three sons and a daughter. His second son, Rishi Mishra, has also been a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Jale constituency.

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