Former Himachal Pradesh BJP minister Kishan Kapoor dies at 73: J P Nadda says ‘irreparable loss’

BJP nationalist president J P Nadda described Kishan Kapoor arsenic a “soft-spoken, sociable, and visionary leader. Nadda, who shared a adjacent enslaved with and had the accidental to enactment alongside him successful the Assembly, called his demise a “personal and irreparable loss”.

Kishan Kapoor won the Lok Sabha elections 2019 from the Kangra constituency by a grounds borderline of 4.77 lakh votes against Congress campaigner Pawan Kajal. Despite deteriorating health, helium remained progressive successful enactment activities. He attended the information filing of his successor, Rajiv Bhardwaj, who won the Kangra spot successful 2024 by defeating elder Congress person and erstwhile Union curate Anand Sharma by 2,51,895 votes.

Kapoor is survived by his wife, a son, and a joined daughter. His son, Shashwat Kapoor, serves arsenic the authorities vice president of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, the younker helping of the BJP. Kapoor’s past rites volition beryllium performed connected Sunday astatine his ancestral colony successful Dharamshala.

Kishan Kapoor started with Jan Sangh successful 1970

Kapoor had a agelong governmental career, starting with Jan Sangh successful 1970. After the enactment of the BJP successful 1980, helium became the president of the Dharamshala mandal successful 1982. He was archetypal elected arsenic an MLA from Dharamshala successful 1990 and re-elected successful 1993. He served arsenic the party’s main whip successful the Assembly and was besides the president of the Kangra territory from 1995 to 1997.

As a Himachal Pradesh minister, helium held important portfolios similar law, transport, municipality and state planning, and municipality improvement successful the Prem Kumar Dhumal-led BJP governments from 1998 to 2003 and 2007 to 2012. He besides held portfolios of nutrient and civilian supplies and user affairs successful the Jai Ram Thakur authorities from 2017 to 2022.

BJP authorities in-charge Shrikant Sharma, authorities president Dr Rajeev Bindal, Leader of Opposition and erstwhile main curate Jairam Thakur, authorities co-in-charge Sanjay Tandon, and erstwhile authorities presidents Maheshwar Singh, Suresh Chandel, Suresh Bhardwaj, Satpal Singh Satti and Suresh Kashyap expressed condolences to Kapoor’s family.

Rajya Sabha MPs Indu Goswami and Dr Sikander Kumar, Harsh Mahajan, Lok Sabha MP Anurag Thakur, Dr Rajeev Bhardwaj, Kangana Ranaut, Kangra parliamentary constituency in-charge, MLA Vipin Parmar, Hamirpur parliamentary constituency in-charge, MLA Vikram Thakur, Mandi parliamentary constituency in-charge, BJP authorities vice-president Govind Thakur, Shimla parliamentary constituency in-charge, MLA Sukhram Chaudhary, and authorities wide secretaries Trilok Kapoor and Bihari Lal Sharma besides expressed heavy sorrow implicit the passing of Kapoor.