Kishore Deepalsing's political career started in
Harish Boodhoo's party
PSM in 1979. He was elected to parliament in 1982 in Constituency N°14 (Savanne-Rivière-Noire) as PSM-MMM candidate and served as Minister of Agriculture under
Anerood Jugnauth until 1985, having been re-elected in 1983 as
MSM candidate. The Amsterdam Boys Scandal was the trigger for Deerpalsing's resignation in 1985 when 4 members of Parliament and members of the MSM party were arrested with hard drugs at the international
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. At the 1991 elections he was defeated at Constituency N°13 (Rivière des Anguilles/ Souillac). In 1995 he was elected to Parliament at Constituency N°13, eventually becoming Minister of Health in 1998 before resigning in 2000 due to the Mediclinic Scandal. Deerpalsing was the subject of allegations of corruption regarding the procurement of medical equipment for clinics at
De Belvedère and
L’Escalier. The investigation by the Economic Crime Office (ECO) eventually cleared Deerpalsing of any wrong-doing. ==References==