Hari Shankar Tiwari

Hari Shankar Tiwari is an India politician from Gorakhpur in Eastern Uttar Pradesh. Tiwari was a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the Chillupar in Gorakhpur district.[1][2]

Parliamentary politics

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

In 1997, he was founding member of Akhil Bharatiya Loktantrik Congress along with Jagdambika Pal, Rajeev Shukla and Shyam Sunder Sharma.

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). He is regarded leader of the Brahmin community of Uttar Pradesh.

Family

Hari Shanker Tiwari has several relatives in senior positions in the Bahujan Samaj Party. His son Bhishma Shanker Tewari,[4] was Member of Parliament,[5] Sant Kabir Nagar seat west of Gorakhpur.[6]

Another son, Vinay Shanker Tiwari, stood from Gorakhpur but lost to Yogi Adityanath by a margin of 2,22,000 votes. He also lost a runoff election from Ballia in 2007 by 130,000 votes. He is the current MLA from Chillupar[7]

Nephew Ganesh Shankar Pandey was a state legislator from Maharajganj.[8] In 2010 he won the MLC election for the fourth consecutive time, and was the speaker of the legislative council.[9] He was succeeded by Rajesh Tripathi. Tiwari is also a distant cousin of Kamla Persad-Bissessar, the 7th Prime Minister from 26 May 2010 to 9 September 2015 of Trinidad and Tobago.

References

  1. ↑ From Democracy to Kleptocracy. "Shankar Jha". Manushi. Retrieved 2007-05-12. Extracts from the Affidavit Submitted to the Venkatswamy Commission
  2. ↑ Geeta Pandey (2007-05-07). "Politics and public service". BBC News. Retrieved 2007-05-12.
  3. ↑ Purnima S. Tripathi (11–24 October 2003). "L'affaire Amarmani". Frontline, Volume 20, Issue 21. Archived from the original on 2008-01-28. Retrieved 2007-05-12.
  4. ↑ 50 करोड़ डॉलर जुटाएगी इंडियन ऑयल
  5. ↑ Detailed Profile - Shri Bhishma Shanker Alias Kushal Tiwari - Members of Parliament (Lok Sabha) - Who's Who - Government: National Portal of India
  6. ↑ Empowering India - Making democracy meaningful, Know our Representative & Candidate Archived 2011-07-10 at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ↑ SP wrests Ballia seat in bypolls
  8. ↑ Madhumita case: CBI charge sheet
  9. ↑ "3 from UP among top 10 criminal MPs in 15th Lok Sabha". Daily Excelsior. 2009-05-21.
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