Vijay Kumar Kashyap

He belonged to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a member of Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh, representing the Charthawal assembly constituency.^[1]

He was appointed the minister of state for revenue, and flood control in the Yogi Adityanath cabinet on 21 August 2019.^[2]

He died on 18 May 2021, succumbing to COVID-19 aged 52^[3] or 56 (disputed).

Vijay Kashyap received his early education in Zaidpura village. He completed his high school and intermediate education at Kisan Sevak Inter College in Nanauta. He earned his BA and MA in Political Science from JV Jain Degree College in Saharanpur. Vijay joined the RSS while still a student. In 2004, he built his own house on Deoband Road in Nanauta. He also opened a TVS agency there. However, after failing to achieve the expected success in business, he decided to enter politics to fully serve society.^[4]

Vijay Kashyap served as the district intellectual head of the Sangh in Saharanpur. Kashyap was also a member of the BJP's state executive. In 2007, he received his first ticket from Charthawal. When Vijay Kashyap contested the 2007 assembly elections, the circumstances were not favorable. As a result, he lost the election. Despite widespread opposition, the Bharatiya Janata Party reposed its faith in Vijay Kashyap in the 2012 assembly elections and nominated him again. This time too, Kashyap faced defeat. Despite this, the BJP's top leadership maintained its confidence in him. Despite the presence of several prominent candidates, the party again gave him a ticket for the 2017 assembly elections. This time, he won a landslide victory.^[5]