Kapil Mishra

Kapil Mishra (born 13 November 1980) is a Public Policy Campaigner, political activist and social entrepreneur.^[1][2][3] He is an MLA representing Karawal Nagar constituency in the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi . He won the elections by a margin of 44431 votes. He took his oath in Sanskrit.

Personal and public life

He is a master in social work from Delhi School of Social Work and has worked with eminent international organizations like Greenpeace and Amnesty Internationalon Political and Business Policy issues. He is one of the first people to protest against Commonwealth Games 2010 held in New Delhi and has written a book "It's Common v/s Wealth" highlighting the various scams and social and environmental concerns related with CWG 2010.

As co-founder and coordinator of "Youth for Justice", a New Delhi based youth action group that works on spontaneous issues that need cognizance, he has led the youth protest on various socio-economic issues including Jessica Lal murder trial, issues of Farmers suicides in various parts of country,^[4] encroachment on Yamuna River bed^[5] and various other issues that directly or indirectly affect our common future.

Writer of "It's Common v/s Wealth" a book on CWG 2010,^[6] Since 2007, He is spreading voice against the anti people development approach that is being practiced by authorities in the name of Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.

He has raised the voice inside Delhi Assembly against exploitation of Yamuna in the name of Commonwealth Games and got detained for the action.^[7] He has initiated and participated in several protests against exploitation of common people and common resources in the name of “Growth and Development”.

He has also prepared a report as citizen journalist for CNN-IBN on encroachment on river Yamuna and also has exposed the issues of violation of labor laws at Games sites by camping outside Games village along with other members of “Youth for Justice”.^{[8] [9][10]}

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