Manohar Lal
Manohar Lal is an Indian politician and a former Minister of Labour, Justice and Transport in the Government of Uttar Pradesh. He was also elected to the 6th Lok Sabha from Kanpur parliamentary constituency, the Lower House of Indian Parliament.
Born to Chunni Lal at Wajidpur village, near Jajmau, Kanpur district. He was educated at J.P.R.N, Inter College, Jajmau, Kanpur, later received B. A. degree from Christ Church College, Kanpur and L.L.B. from Dayanand College of Law, Kanpur, both then affiliated with Agra University.
He was a member of Kanpur Municipal Corporation, 1959–72; Secretary and Chairman of various educational, social and cultural institutions. In 1969 state elections, he was elected member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, 1969—74 from Kanpur Cantonment state assembly constituency, as a Bharatiya Kranti Dal candidate. He polled 25376 votes and beat his nearest rival Devi Sahai Bajpai of Congress by 10379 votes, and later remained Minister of Labour, Justice and Transport in the Uttar Pradesh Government, 1970–71. He was elected to 6th Lok Sabha in the 1977 Indian general election from Kanpur Lok Sabha constituency as Bharatiya Lok Dal candidate. He received 269629 votes, and his nearest rival was Naresh Chandra Chaturvedi of Congress with 95340 votes.
He married Ganga Shri Devi, in 1950 and the couple has two sons and one daughter. Elder Son Deepak Kumar was Represent Unnao Lok Sabha constituency in 1999 to 2004. And Three times Mla from Unnao Sadar Constituency. His wife Manisha Deepak also contest 2 times for Mla post but defeated by BJP candidate Pankaj Gupta in 2014 and 2017.
Another son Advocate Ram Kumar Also represent one time as MLA from Unnao but lost in 2002 by BSP candidate Kuldeep Singh Senger accrued in Unnao rape case.. Also contest from Kanpur loksabha seat in 2019 as Samajwadi Party.
