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Indian-origin candidate Kanishka Narayan, who won the UK general elections from Wales as a Labour candidate, draws his roots to Muzaffarpur in Bihar. Narayan, a British politician who has become the Member of Parliament for the Vale of Glamorgan, has gained the seat from the Conservatives.
Narayan briefly studied at APJ School in Delhi’s Saket. When he was 12 years old, Kanishka moved to Britain with his parents. He did his higher studies at the famous Eton Oxford, the same college where India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru graduated from. Kanishka (33) was born in Muzaffarpur. He also studied here till the third standard.
Narayan was a civil servant in the Cabinet Office under David Cameron and also in the Environment Department under Liz Truss.
Around two months back, Narayan also came to India with his family to attend a religious function. Narayan’s uncle Jayant Kumar, who is also the director of SKJ Law College, said that his nephew has made not just Muzaffarpur, but the entire country proud. Jayant said, “Kanishka is my younger brother’s son.”
Meanwhile, celebrations started at Kanishka’s Muzaffarpur residence at Sandho Apartment in Damuchak, after he became the MP. “We are flooded with congratulatory messages and calls from friends and family. Kanishka is a proud Bihari and an Indian first,” said Jayant Kumar.
