Kajal Nishad

Kajal Nishad (born June 1, 1982) is an Indian actress working in Bhojpuri cinema and Hindi Television and politician. She has acted in a number of TV series and Bhojpuri films,^[1] though is best known for her character Chameli in the SAB TV comedy soap Lapataganj (2009-2010) and Bhojpuri film Shaadi Biyah. She contested the Uttar Pradesh state assembly election, 2012 from Gorakhpur (Rural) constituency on an Indian National Congress (INC) ticket.^[2] She is currently engaged in another of the channel's serial, Tota Weds Maina, where she is portraying the role of Ram Katori Chachi.

Personal life

Born in Mumbai,^[1] her parents are from Kutch Gujarat and settled in Mumbai. She is married into Bhojpuri film producer Sanjay Nishad, who is from the Bhauapaar village in Gorakhpur district.^[3]

Political career

She is member of Indian National Congress Party in Gorakhpur (Rural) as an youth-wing Indian Youth Congress candidate,^[1] wherein she finished at fourth place.^[4]

Controversy

In the lead up the state election, while campaigning in Kakrakhor, on the night February 4, 2012 she and her supporters was beaten up allegedly by supporters of BSP candidate.^[5] Subsequently, local police registered an FIR against BSP candidate Ram Bhuwal Nishad and his supporters under IPC sections 324, 147 (rioting), 323(voluntarily causing hurt) and 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace)".^[6][7]

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