Ravi Kishan is a proud father. His daughter Ishita Shukla has joined the defence forces under the Agnipath scheme. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP shared the news on his Instagram handle recently. Ishita is 21 years old.
On June 15, Ravi tweeted about Ishita's desire to be a part of the Agnipath scheme. He shared a picture of his daughter on Twitter and wrote in Hindi, "Meri bitiya Ishita Shukla aaj subah boli 'Papa, I want to be in Agnipath Recruitment Scheme'. I said go ahead beta (sic).'"
, I wanna b in #AgnipathRecruitmentScheme I said go ahead beta pic.twitter.com/BkxoOB81QQ
— Ravi Kishan (@ravikishann) June 15, 2022
In January this year, Ravi shared a post on Instagram talking about his daughter's dream of being in the defence force. He said, "My brave daughter Ishita Shukla has been working very hard for the past 3 years to serve our nation. She is a cadet of 7 Girls Battalion of Delhi Directorate, training in this bitter cold and fighting the fog for the Republic Day Parade at Kartavya Path. Proud moment as a father cuz On 26th January, she will take part in national parade in front of Hon'ble President Smt. @durapadi_murmu ji and Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi ji and the entire nation. Kudos to all those performing."
Apart from Ishita, Ravi has three more children - Riva, Tanishk and Saksham. Riva is an actress who played the lead role in the Hindi film, Sab Kushal Mangal (2020).
(Source: Twitter/Instagram)
