[1] He was the convener of the Anti Communal Front in Uttar Pradesh state for Indian National Congress for four years, until 2014.
[2] During his college years, Misra was a student leader of the Left CPI-ML (Liberation) party in the University of Allahabad.
[4] He started the movement to restore India's pride in Freedom Fighters' contributions to its journey to independence.
According to him, the Intelligence Bureau was behind the killing of the Mumbai Police's Anti-Terrorist Squad chief Hemant Karkare.
[5] He unsuccessfully contested the 2009 Lok Sabha elections from Lucknow on the ticket of Ulema Council.