<p>Anshuman Mishra, the NRI businessman, who has created storm in the BJP by his controversial remarks on several senior saffron party leaders, is also said to be responsible for electoral break-up between BJP and JD (U) in the recently concluded Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.<br /><br /></p>.<p>According to sources, in UP, Mishra owing to his connections in the saffron party, had been able to secure the party nomination for his elder brother Rajiv Mishra from Rampur Karkhana Assembly seat in UP’s Deoria district, about 325-km from here. Rajiv, however, lost the polls.<br /><br />BJP sources said that JD (U) chief Sharad Yadav had wanted to field his close confidante and former legislator Subhash Chandra Srivastava from the same seat and had reportedly exerted pressure on the BJP leadership for leaving the seat to his party.<br /><br />“Mishra, however, used his connections in the BJP to secure a nomination for his brother from the seat much to the pain and anguish of Yadav’’, BJP sources said.<br /><br />In fact, party leaders pointed out that Yadav, whose party had, after the collapse of its alliance talks with the BJP, had fielded its own candidates from several seats in the state. He had also made a mention of the seat during his election rallies at Deoria and elsewhere and had expressed deep anguish over BJP’s refusal to allot a seat to JD (U).<br /><br />Apparently, Mishra who is the youngest among three brothers and a sister, hails from Deoria district. His father Ramashankar Mishra is a retired government official, while his brother Rajiv looks after a family business at their ancestral village of Bankata Misra, a few kilometers away from the district headquarters. <br /><br />Mishra, who received his primary education at Gorakhpur, came into contact with Mahesh Yogi, a well-known spiritual guru, who is credited for developing transcendental meditation technique at a very early age. <br /> </p>
<p>Anshuman Mishra, the NRI businessman, who has created storm in the BJP by his controversial remarks on several senior saffron party leaders, is also said to be responsible for electoral break-up between BJP and JD (U) in the recently concluded Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.<br /><br /></p>.<p>According to sources, in UP, Mishra owing to his connections in the saffron party, had been able to secure the party nomination for his elder brother Rajiv Mishra from Rampur Karkhana Assembly seat in UP’s Deoria district, about 325-km from here. Rajiv, however, lost the polls.<br /><br />BJP sources said that JD (U) chief Sharad Yadav had wanted to field his close confidante and former legislator Subhash Chandra Srivastava from the same seat and had reportedly exerted pressure on the BJP leadership for leaving the seat to his party.<br /><br />“Mishra, however, used his connections in the BJP to secure a nomination for his brother from the seat much to the pain and anguish of Yadav’’, BJP sources said.<br /><br />In fact, party leaders pointed out that Yadav, whose party had, after the collapse of its alliance talks with the BJP, had fielded its own candidates from several seats in the state. He had also made a mention of the seat during his election rallies at Deoria and elsewhere and had expressed deep anguish over BJP’s refusal to allot a seat to JD (U).<br /><br />Apparently, Mishra who is the youngest among three brothers and a sister, hails from Deoria district. His father Ramashankar Mishra is a retired government official, while his brother Rajiv looks after a family business at their ancestral village of Bankata Misra, a few kilometers away from the district headquarters. <br /><br />Mishra, who received his primary education at Gorakhpur, came into contact with Mahesh Yogi, a well-known spiritual guru, who is credited for developing transcendental meditation technique at a very early age. <br /> </p>
