Saket Misra: BJP Candidate Of Many Trades (image:twitter.com/Saketmisra)
Saket Misra has worn many hats in the past, and currently, he is a BJP candidate from Uttar Pradesh”s Shravasti Lok Sabha constituency. From an investment banker to an MLC (Member of the State Legislative Council), his career trajectory is diverse. He views politics as “serving society” and joined the BJP in 2018.
A year after his joining, the party appointed Saket Misra as an adviser to the Purvanchal Vikas Board to advise the government on the holistic development of eastern Uttar Pradesh, which covers nearly 27 districts. He also serves as an adjunct faculty member at the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, run under the corporate affairs ministry. In April last year, the BJP nominated him as a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council.
Saket Misra is an economics graduate and holds a management degree from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta. After his education, he joined Deutsche Bank, and a year later, he attempted the civil service examination. Even though he qualified for the Indian Police Service (IPS), he did not join it.
Saket Misra pursued a profession in international investment banking and has been associated with renowned banks for close to 20 years. In 2016, he returned to India with the aim of focusing on social services, including development and poverty alleviation, specifically in eastern Uttar Pradesh, the Purvanchal region.
Saket Misra”s father, Nripendra Misra, a powerful bureaucrat, served as a principal secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi from 2014 to 2019. In February 2020, Nirpendra Misra was appointed as chairman of the temple construction committee of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust. Political connections run in Saket Misra”s family; Badlu Ram Shukla, his maternal grandfather, represented Uttar Pradesh”s Bahraich constituency as a parliamentarian and MLA.
Saket Misra is one of the three faces who have been introduced by the BJP in Uttar Pradesh”s electoral battleground. In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the Bahujan Samaj Party emerged as the winner in Shrawasti constituency.
