Amidst loud applauds from massive gathering at the historic Ridge Shimla today, Kishan Kapoor was administered oath of office as Minister by the Governor Acharya Devvrat in presence of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, National BJP President Shri Amit Shah, former Deputy Prime Minister Shri L.K. Advani, Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh, Union Road Transport Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari, Union Health Minister Shri J.P. Nadda besides Chief Ministers and Deputy Chief Ministers of various States of the country.
Brief Bio-Data of Kishan Kapoor
Kishan Kapoor was born on 25 June, 1951.
Remained Member Bhartiya Jan Sangh and Janata Party before being associated with the BJP.
Elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1990 as BJP candidate, re-elected to the Assembly in 1993 and 1998.
Elected to State Assembly again in December, 2007 and appointed Transport Minister.
Re-elected to State Assembly again in 2017.
Special Interests: Social work.
Languages known: Hindi and English.
Permanent Address: Village and PO Khanyara, district Kangra.