Kamlesh Paswan is an Indian politician and is a Member of Parliament in the 18th Lok Sabha of India and Minister of State in Ministry of Rural Development.
[1] His father, Om Prakash Paswan, was also a politician and was killed in 1996 while addressing a public meeting.
[2] Paswan was also a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Maniram (Vidhan Sabha constituency) as Samajwadi Party Candidate .
[1] In October 2013, Paswan claimed that his life was under threat from "political rivals and mafia" in the region.
Paswan also stated that he contemplated raising his security concerns to the Chief Minister of U.P., Akhilesh Yadav.