Kajal Nishad


Kajal Nishad is an Indian actress working in Bhojpuri cinema and Hindi Television and politician. She has acted in a number of TV series and Bhojpuri films, though is best known for her character Chameli in the SAB TV comedy soap Lapataganj and Bhojpuri film Shaadi Biyah. She contested the 2012 Uttar Pradesh state assembly election from Gorakhpur constituency on an Indian National Congress ticket. She was engaged in another of the channel's serial, Tota Weds Maina, where she portrayed the role of Ram Katori Chachi. She also played the role of Kanak Tripathi in Colors's Ishq Ka Rang Safed.

Personal life

Born in Mumbai, her parents are from Kutch Gujarat and settled in Mumbai. She is married into Bhojpuri film producer Sanjay Nishad, who is from the Bhauapaar village in Gorakhpur district.

Political career

She is member of Indian National Congress Party in Gorakhpur as an youth-wing Indian Youth Congress candidate, wherein she finished at fourth place.

Controversy

In the lead up the state election, while campaigning in Kakrakhor, on the night 4 February 2012 she and her supporters was beaten up allegedly by supporters of BSP candidate. Subsequently, local police registered an FIR against BSP candidate Ram Bhuwal Nishad and his supporters under IPC sections "324, 147, 323 and 504 ".