[1][6][3] Mishra has won the Lok Sabha elections from Kheri constituency in 2014 and 2019, as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party.

[8] In the year 1990, a criminal case was registered against Mishra under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means) and 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace).

Mishra was charged with five sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) 147 (punishment for rioting), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace), 506 (criminal intimidation), and 452 (House-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint).

[7] The 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest was organised against three farm acts which were passed by the BJP-led Union Government in the BJP controlled Parliament of India in September 2020.

Tajinder Singh Virk, a farmer leader, later organised a protest against Teni's upcoming visit, in response to this threat.

[12] On 3 October, BJP leaders Teni and Keshav Prasad Maurya had planned to attend an event in the area.

[20] On 26 November 2021 the Delhi Legislative Assembly passed a resolution demanding the sacking of MoS Ajay Misra from his post of Minister of State.

[23] On 8 November, a lawyer through his submission, informed the Supreme court that the accused of Lakhimpur Kheri incident were "at large roaming scot-free" as they "wielded the thunderbolt of police power through political clout.