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'''Hari Shankar Tiwari''' is an [[Indian people|Indian]] gangster and politician from [[Gorakhpur]] in eastern [[Uttar Pradesh]]. Tiwari was a member of the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] from the village Tanda, [[Chillupar (Assembly constituency)|Chillupar]] in [[Gorakhpur district]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shankar Jha|author=Democracy to Kleptocracy|publisher=[[Manushi]]|url=http://www.indiatogether.org/manushi/issue128/kleptocracy.htm|access-date=12 May 2007}}Extracts from the Affidavit Submitted to the Venkatswamy Commission</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Politics and public service|author=Geeta Pandey|work=[[BBC News]]|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/south_asia/6606591.stm|date=7 May 2007|access-date=12 May 2007}}</ref>

==Politics==
Tiwari was the first gangster in Indian political history to have won elections from prison.<ref>{{cite book|title=Bread, Cement, Cactus: A Memoir of Belonging and Dislocation|page=32|first=Annie|last=Zaidi|publisher=Cambridge University Press}}</ref> Elected from [[Chillupar (Assembly constituency)|Chillupar]], he remained a member of the legislative assembly for years.<ref>{{cite book|title=Rashtriya Sahara, Volume 2, Issue 5|page=19|publisher=Sahara India Mass Communication|quote=The UP Assembly has been dubiously adorned by several gangsters in the past and even is today. Hari Shankar Tiwari and Bhola Pandey both not only got tickets to the Assembly but also won the elections and were House members for a good number of years.}}</ref> Tiwari is known for his [[brahmin]] politics.

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|date=August 2020}}

He has been a cabinet minister at the State Assembly in several governments, including the [[Kalyan Singh]] ([[Bharatiya Janata Party]]) government (1997–1999).<ref>{{Cite news|title=L'affaire Amarmani|author=Purnima S. Tripathi |publisher=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]], Volume 20, Issue 21|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2021/stories/20031024003203200.htm|date=24 October 2003|access-date=12 May 2007|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080128183702/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2021/stories/20031024003203200.htm|archive-date=28 January 2008}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/uttar-pradesh/lucknow-bahubali-harishankar-tiwari-close-proximity-to-bjp-1261809.html|title=यूपी : सियासी भूचाल की आहट, बीजेपी के करीब हुए बाहुबली हरिशंकर तिवारी!– News18 हिंदी|date=7 February 2018|website=News18 India|access-date=26 April 2019}}</ref>

==Family==
His son [[Bhismshankar|Bhishma Shanker Tiwari]],<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.samaylive.com/news/musclemen-candidates-figure-in-mayas-team/614576.html|title=50 करोड़ डॉलर जुटाएगी इंडियन ऑयल|trans-title=Indian Oil to raise $500m}}</ref> was [[Member of Parliament]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.india.gov.in/|title=National Portal of India|website=www.india.gov.in|access-date=24 December 2019}}</ref> [[Sant Kabir Nagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sant Kabir Nagar]] seat west of [[Gorakhpur]].<ref>[http://empoweringindia.com/new/preview.aspx?candid=169419&p=p&cid=62 Empowering India - Making democracy meaningful, Know our Representative & Candidate] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710191408/http://empoweringindia.com/new/preview.aspx?candid=169419&p=p&cid=62 |date=10 July 2011 }}</ref>

Another son, [[Vinay Shankar Tiwari]], stood from [[Gorakhpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gorakhpur]] but lost to [[Yogi Adityanath]] by a margin of {{formatnum:222000}} votes. He also lost a runoff election from [[Ballia (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ballia]] in 2007 by 130,000 votes. He is the current MLA from [[Chillupar (Assembly constituency)|Chillupar]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/sp-wrests-ballia-seat-in-bypolls/256870/|title=SP wrests Ballia seat in bypolls|date=3 January 2008|website=The Financial Express|access-date=24 December 2019}}</ref>

Nephew Ganesh Shankar Pandey was a state legislator from [[Maharajganj district|Maharajganj]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2003/dec/23madhu.htm|title=Madhumita case: CBI charge sheet|website=www.rediff.com|access-date=24 December 2019}}</ref> In 2010 he won the MLC election for the fourth consecutive time, and was the speaker of the legislative council.<ref>{{Cite news|title=3 from UP among top 10 criminal MPs in 15th Lok Sabha|date=21 May 2009|url=http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/web1/09may22/national.htm|publisher=[[Daily Excelsior]]}}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

He was succeeded by Rajesh Tripathi. After that [[Vinay Shankar Tiwari]] won again from the [[Chillupar (Assembly constituency)|Chillupar]] constituency in the [[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|17th Legislative Assembly]] of [[Gorakhpur district|Gorakhpur]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/assembly-elections-2017/uttar-pradesh-assembly-election-2017/story/election-results-2017-final-election-result-965215-2017-03-11|title=Final Election Results 2017: BJP wins over 320 seats in UP|date=2017|publisher=India Today}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:People from Gorakhpur]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) politicians]]
[[Category:Akhil Bharatiya Loktantrik Congress politicians]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian gangsters]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian politicians]]
[[Category:Criminals from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]

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