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Hari Shankar Tiwari

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Hari Shankar Tiwari is an Indian politician from Gorakhpur in eastern Uttar Pradesh. Tiwari was a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the village Tanda, Chillupar in Gorakhpur district.[1][2] Hari shankar

Politics

Tiwari was the first public figure in Indian political history to be elected to the legislature from prison.[citation needed] Elected from Chillupar, he remained a member of the legislative assembly for 23 years continuously.[citation needed]

In 1997, he was founding member of Akhil Bharatiya Loktantrik Congress along with Jagdambika Pal, Rajeev Shukla, Shyam Sunder Sharma and Bacha Pathak.[citation needed]

He has been a cabinet minister at the State Assembly in several governments, including the Kalyan Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party) government (1997–1999).[3] He was also a minister in the Mulayam Singh Yadav (Samajwadi Party) government (2003–2007).

In 2000, he was the Stamp and Registration cabinet minister in Ram Prakash Gupta's government . In 2001, he was the cabinet minister in Rajnath Singh's government and also in year 2002, he was the cabinet minister in Mayawati's Government.[4]

Tiwari has several relatives in senior positions in the Bahujan Samaj Party.[citation needed]

Family

His son Bhishma Shanker Tiwari,[5] was Member of Parliament,[6] Sant Kabir Nagar seat west of Gorakhpur.[7]

Another son, Vinay Shankar Tiwari, stood from Gorakhpur but lost to Yogi Adityanath by a margin of 222,000 votes. He also lost a runoff election from Ballia in 2007 by 130,000 votes. He is the current MLA from Chillupar.[8]

Nephew Ganesh Shankar Pandey was a state legislator from Maharajganj.[9] In 2010 he won the MLC election for the fourth consecutive time, and was the speaker of the legislative council.[10] He was succeeded by Rajesh Tripathi. After that Vinay Shankar Tiwari won again from the Chillupar constituency in the 17th Legislative Assembly of Gorakhpur.[citation needed]


References

  1. ^ Democracy to Kleptocracy. "Shankar Jha". Manushi. Retrieved 12 May 2007.Extracts from the Affidavit Submitted to the Venkatswamy Commission
  2. ^ Geeta Pandey (7 May 2007). "Politics and public service". BBC News. Retrieved 12 May 2007.
  3. ^ Purnima S. Tripathi (24 October 2003). "L'affaire Amarmani". Frontline, Volume 20, Issue 21. Archived from the original on 28 January 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2007.
  4. ^ "यूपी : सियासी भूचाल की आहट, बीजेपी के करीब हुए बाहुबली हरिशंकर तिवारी!– News18 हिंदी". News18 India. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  5. ^ 50 करोड़ डॉलर जुटाएगी इंडियन ऑयल [Indian Oil to raise $500m]
  6. ^ "National Portal of India". www.india.gov.in. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  7. ^ Empowering India - Making democracy meaningful, Know our Representative & Candidate Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "SP wrests Ballia seat in bypolls". The Financial Express. 3 January 2008. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  9. ^ "Madhumita case: CBI charge sheet". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  10. ^ "3 from UP among top 10 criminal MPs in 15th Lok Sabha". Daily Excelsior. 21 May 2009.[permanent dead link]
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