Kanishka Singh
is a very well-known face in the Indian Congress Party. He is a long time
trusted aide of Rahul Gandhi and termed as eyes and ears of the scion of the
grand old party of India.
He always
remains in news for something wrong. He was alleged to have been involved in
Augusta Chopper Scam by Kirit Somaiya. Further, Congressmen termed him the wall which is stopping Rahul Gandhi from becoming a mass leader. In fact, in many
cases, even a senior leader has to get appointment from Kanishka Singh to meet
Rahul Gandhi.
Profile of Kanishka Singh
Kanishka is the
son of S. K. Singh, a former IFS Officer. Mr. S. K. Singh was the foreign
secretary to the Government of India from 1989 to 1990. He became governor of
Arunachal Pradesh in 2007 and later of Rajasthan. It should be mentioned here
that Mr. S. K. Singh has been the longest serving high commissioner to
Pakistan. He was there from 1985 to 1989. These were turbulent time and there
is no denying that he didn’t handle the situation well.
Mr. S. K. Singh
was quite close to Rajiv Gandhi. Actually, it was Rajiv who had sent him to
Pakistan and kept him there for such a long duration. Rajiv had also preferred
him for the post of Foreign Secretary. After the assissanation of Rajiv Gandhi,
S. K. Singh remained close to the Gandhi family. At that time, his son Kanishka
Singh became a close friend of Rahul Gandhi. He is quite junior to Rahul
Gandhi, but that has never been a barrier in developing close relation.
Kanishka Singh
has studied from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University and then went to the
USA to do M.S and MBA. He did MBA from Wharton. After spending some time as an
investment banker in New York, Kanishka returned to India on the call of Rahul
Gandhi. He worked as a poll manager of Rahul in 2004 election in Amethi.
Congress came to power and being close to Rahul, Kanishka became really
powerful.
In fact, the
power of Kanishka Singh in Congress was at the same level which was enjoyed by
Prashant during Narendra Modi Prime Ministerial campaign. However, Kanishka was
summarily dethroned from all powerful political inner team of Rahul Gandhi
after the debacle of Congress in 2012 UP Assembly Election.
Kanishka is
still close to Rahul and Priyanka. But, there is no denying that he is no more
a trusted aide of Rahul.
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