Rajesh Kumar Mishra born 7 July 1950) is an Indian politician. He was elected to 2004 Lok Sabha elections from Varanasi as a Congress Party candidate, but lost his seat in 2009 to BJP's Murli Manohar Joshi, when he came fourth.[circular reference]

However Rajesh Mishra shares his name with another politician from Bhartiya Jante Party who was elected to Vidhana Sabha in 2017 from Bihari Chandpur. BJP's Rajesh Mishra is also known as Papp Barnaul, and he is in subject of a controversy where his daughter married a Dalit youth.