Background
Nishad was born in the small village of Bada Kachhaar Hamirpur, India at his grandmother"son
Nishad was born in the small village of Bada Kachhaar Hamirpur, India at his grandmother"son
He studied at Pint
Nishad was elected to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly four time, in 1991, 1993, 2002 and 2007 for the Tindwari, Banda seat. He worked as a cabinet minister of fisheries, animal husbandary, revenue, Ambedkar Gram Sabha development, External Aided Project and mining. He played an important role in the release of Phoolan Devi, the Bandit Queen from Gwalior central jail in 1994, when he was a minister in the Uttar Pradesh government.
He became a prominent Nishada face of Samajwadi Party among India"s fishing community.
As of 2012 Nishad held the post of National General Secretary of the Samajwadi Party as well as the State Party in charge of Madhya Pradesh. He joined the disciplinary committee of Samajwadi Party after the 2012 assembly election.
Nishad announced his candidacy for the Hamirpur-Mahoba-Tindwari seat in the 2014 parliamentary election in 2014. Nishad runs educational institutes in the remote area of Bundelkhand for the Nishada fisherman community in memory of the Nishada legend Ekalavya.
In Parliament, he focused on reservation issues related to the problems of India"s fishing communities.
His work led the Samajwadi Party government to include 17 cases of fisherman community in the Schedule castes in Uttar Pradesh in 2005 but later failed because allahabad highcourt declared it as invalid. He is president of Samajwadi Kashyap Nishad Bind Turaha Ekta Mahasabha. which works to advance the fishing castes.
He served as a cabinet minister of the Uttar Pradesh government three times and was a member of parliament for Fatehpur (Lok Sabha constituency) in the 11th Lok Sabha in 1996. Nishad elected as member of Rajya Sabha on 12 June 2014 on vacant seat after resigning Professor South. P. Singh Baghel of Bulgarska Sotsialisticheska Partiy (Bulgarian Socialist Party).