Kumar Vishwas - Age, Wiki and Bio | Performance Poet and an Indian Politician

Profession	Performance Poet and an Indian Politician
Nationality	Indian
Date of Birth	10/02/1970
Age	55 years
Birthplace	Pilkhuwa, Ghaziabad

Bio/Wiki

School	Lala Ganga Sahay School, Pilkhuwa, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh Rajputana Regiment Inter College, Pilkhuwa, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
College	Meerut University, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
Post-Graduation Degree	Hindi
Ph.D.	Hindi

Date of Birth	10 February 1970
Birthplace	Pilkhuwa, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
Zodiac sign	Aquarius
Hometown	Pilkhuwa, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
Religion	Hinduism
Caste	Gaur Brahmin

Father

Dr. Chandra Pal Sharma (lecturer)

Mother

Smt. Rama Sharma (home maker)

Siblings

Spouse

Dr. Manju Sharma (lecturer)

Children

Son	N/A
Daughters	Agrata Vishwas Kuhu Vishwas

Controversies	He was criticized for making derogatory remarks about Imam Hussain and Hindu deities during a Kavi Sammelan; for which he made an apology later. An F.I.R. was lodged against him by an AAP volunteer for molesting her making sexual comments. In February 2023, during an event in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, he received flak from the BJP and RSS after he called RSS members “illiterate.” He said, "One are leftist, who are ill-informed. They have studied everything but have studied wrongly; And the other one is [RSS], they haven't studied at all." Later, he issued a clarification and said that his words were misinterpreted.

Controversies

He was criticized for making derogatory remarks about Imam Hussain and Hindu deities during a Kavi Sammelan; for which he made an apology later.
An F.I.R. was lodged against him by an AAP volunteer for molesting her making sexual comments.
In February 2023, during an event in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, he received flak from the BJP and RSS after he called RSS members “illiterate.” He said, "One are leftist, who are ill-informed. They have studied everything but have studied wrongly; And the other one is [RSS], they haven't studied at all." Later, he issued a clarification and said that his words were misinterpreted.

He was born into a Gaur Brahmin family in Pilkhuwa, Ghaziabad.
His father, Dr. Chandra Pal Sharma, worked as a lecturer at R.S.S. Degree College in Pilkhuwa, linked to Chaudhary Charan Singh University of Meerut.
Despite his father's wish for him to pursue engineering, his love for poetry led him to obtain a Master’s Degree in Hindi Literature.
Upon earning his Ph.D. in Hindi Literature, he began his career as a lecturer in Rajasthan in 1994.
He is renowned for his poetry in the Shringara-Ras (Romantic Genre).
Not only a poet, he also pens lyrics for various TV serial theme songs.
In 2011, he actively supported the anti-corruption movement initiated by Anna Hazare.
He aligned with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) under Arvind Kejriwal's leadership and contested the 2014 Lok Sabha election against Rahul Gandhi in the Amethi constituency of Uttar Pradesh.