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Kumar Vishwas (born 10 February 1970) is a Hindi-language performance poet and an Indian politician and National Executive of Aam Aadmi Party.

Literature career
Vishwas became a professor in Rajasthan in 1994. He has taught Hindi Literature to higher class students at Lajpat Rai Post-Graduate College for the last sixteen years.

Works
Vishwas has written Hindi poetry using the Shringara-Ras (Romantic Genre). He wrote the Kul-Geet (university anthem) of Chaudhary Charan Singh University.

Books

 * Ik Pagli Ladki Ke Bin (1998)
 * Koi Deewana Kehta Hai (2007)

DVD

 * Koi Deewana Kehta Hai & Beyond (2009)
 * Beyond... (2013)
 * Alakh (2014)

Performances
Vishwas has performed regularly at Kavi sammelan both in India and abroad. Venues have included the IIT Roorkee, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, MNNIT Allahabad, NIT Patna, IIM Lucknow, NIT Jalandhar, NIT Trichy, and BITS, Pilani.

Vishwas has participated in poetry recitations and functions abroad including the USA, Dubai, Singapore, and Japan

Recognition

 * Awarded Certificate of Recognition by California State Assembly
 * Invited to Google HQ, California to address the Indians working there

Political career
Vishwas supported the anti-corruption movement led by Anna Hazare. He is a member of the national executive of the Aam Aadmi Party. He contested the 2014 Lok Sabha election, as an Aam Aadmi Party candidate from Amethi, but lost to Rahul Gandhi.

Controversy
A video clip from Kavi sammelan in which he is shown making alleged derogatory remarks about Imam Hussain and Hindu deities went viral,various cases were registered against him. Vishwas responded that the clippings were doctored and he apologizes if he had unintentionally hurt someone's sentiment.

A sting operation was carried out by a media portal ahead of the 2013 Delhi Assembly elections that claimed that some Aam Aadmi Party members, including Vishwas, had raised illegal cash donations. The Aam Aadmi Party accused the portal of slandering the leaders of the party. The Aam Admi Party filed a lawsuit against CEO of the media portal mediasarkar.com.

On 21 January 2013 a YouTube clip of Kumar doing a stand up comedy went viral in social networking sites in which he is said to have given racial comments on nurses from Kerala. In the clip, dating from 2008, he goes on to say that nurses from Kerala are black in complexion and that is the reason they do not have profile pictures on Facebook. In addition, he says that due to their colour they are called "sister" by patients. This sparked outrage. The Chief Minister of Kerala, Oommen Chandy, wrote to Arvind Kejriwal seeking apology for his racist and derogatory comments on Kerala nurses. Later, Vishwas apologised for his remarks, saying it was not his intention to hurt anyone's sentiments or feelings.