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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Indra Pratap Tiwari
| alt =
| caption =
| office1 = Member of [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency1 = [[Goshainganj (Assembly constituency)|Goshainganj]]
| term_start1 = March 2017
| term_end1 = December 2021
| predecessor1 = [[Abhay Singh (politician)|Abhay Singh]]
| successor1 = [[Abhay Singh (politician)|Abhay Singh]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|10|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Faizabad]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India
| birth_name =
| nickname = Khabbu Tiwari
| spouse = {{Marriage|Aarti Tiwari|31 May 2018}}
| children =
| father =
| relatives =
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (2016-present)
| other_party = [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] (2012-2016), [[Samajwadi Party]] (till 2012)
| occupation =
| profession = Agriculturalist, social worker
| alma_mater =
| relations =
| image =
}}
'''Indra Pratap "Khabbu" Tiwari''' (born 27 October 1970) is an Indian politician and a former member of the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]. He had represented the [[Goshainganj (Assembly constituency)|Goshainganj constituency]] as a [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate in the [[17th Uttar Pradesh Assembly|17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name="MyNeta"/><ref name="ECI"/> He is a former member of [[Samajwadi Party]] and [[Bahujan Samaj Party]].<ref name="Bhaskar_March2022"/>

==Personal life==
Tiwari was born to Krishan Gopal Tiwari on 27 October 1970 in the [[Faizabad]] city of [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name="AssemblyProfile">{{cite web |title=श्री इन्‍द्र प्रताप उर्फ खब्बू तिवारी |url=https://uplegisassembly.gov.in/Members/main_members_en.aspx#/Data/12642/17 |website=Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly |access-date=13 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Member info - Shri Indra Pratap Urf Khabbu Tiwari |url=https://upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in/member?memberId=20314 |website=Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (UPLA) |access-date=September 23, 2024}}</ref> He completed [[Middle school|intermediate education]] from Bachhulal Inter College, Pura Bazar in 1989. Tiwari is an agriculturalist and social worker.<ref name="MyNeta">{{cite web |title=Indra Pratap Alias Khabbu Tiwari(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- Goshainganj (Faizabad) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://www.myneta.info/uttarpradesh2017/candidate.php?candidate_id=4096 |website=MyNeta |access-date=13 August 2024}}</ref><ref name="AssemblyProfile"/> He married Aarti Tiwari, a postgraduate from [[Gonda, Uttar Pradesh|Gonda]], on 31 May 2018.<ref name="Jagran2018">{{cite news |title=चुनाव जीतने तक कुंवारे रहने की खायी थी कसम, विधायक बनने के एक साल बाद हुई शादी; आज ग्रैंड रिसेप्शन |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/bjp-leader-khabbu-tiwari-marriage-after-become-mla-in-uttar-pradesh-5886279.html |work=[[Dainik Jagran]] |date=31 May 2018 |access-date=14 August 2024}}</ref><ref name="Jagran2022"/>

==Political career==
A [[Political strongman|strongman]] of state politics, Tiwari started off as a student leader.<ref name="Bhaskar_March2022"/> In 2007, he lost as a [[Samajwadi Party]] candidate.<ref name="Bhaskar_March2022">{{cite news |title=BJP में शामिल इस हिस्ट्रीशीटर को कहा जाता है फैजाबाद का दबंग, जानें कितने दर्ज हैं केस |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/UP-LUCK-bsp-leader-indrapratap-tiwari-alias-khabbu-tiwari-join-bjp-news-hindi-5490600-PHO.html |work=Dainik Bhaskar |date=12 March 2022 |access-date=13 August 2024}}</ref> In the [[2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]], contesting as a [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] candidate from [[Goshainganj (Assembly constituency)|Goshainganj]], Tiwari was defeated by [[Samajwadi Party]]'s [[Abhay Singh (politician)|Abhay Singh]].<ref name="ECI">{{cite web |title=Goshainganj Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs |url=https://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/goshainganj.html |website=Elections in India |access-date=13 August 2024}}</ref><ref name="Jagran2022">{{cite news |title=गोसाईंगंज में सपा को जनादेश, दूसरी बार अभय सिंह विजयी |url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/faizabad-abhay-singh-wins-gosaiganj-22534071.html |work=Dainik Jagran |language=hi |date=10 March 2022 |access-date=16 March 2022}}</ref>

Tiwari joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in 2016, and went on to defeat rival Abhay Singh by a margin of 11,620 votes in the [[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] for the Goshainganj seat.<ref name="Jagran2018"/><ref name="Bhaskar_March2022"/><ref name="ECI"/> In December 2021, Tiwari lost his membership to the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] after being convicted and jailed in October that year in a fake marksheet case.<ref name="TOI_Dec2021">{{cite news |title=Uttar Pradesh: BJP MLA Indra Pratap Tewari disqualified, 8 assembly seats fall vacant |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/bjp-mla-disqualified-8-assembly-seats-fall-vacant/articleshow/88195552.cms |work=The Times of India |date=10 December 2021 |access-date=14 August 2024}}</ref><ref name="AU_Sep2022">{{cite news |last1=श्रीवास्‍तव |first1=पंकज |date=12 September 2022 |title=Ayodhya News : 11 माह तक जेल में रहने के बाद खब्बू तिवारी को मिली जमानत, 29 साल बाद कोर्ट ने सुनाई थी सजा |url=https://www.amarujala.com/lucknow/ayodhya-news-after-being-in-jail-for-11-months-khabbu-tiwari-got-bail |work=Amar Ujala |language=hi |access-date=14 August 2024}}</ref> In the following [[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]], Tiwari's wife Aarti represented the party for the vacant seat, but lost to Abhay Singh by a margin of 13,079 votes.<ref name="Jagran2022"/><ref name="ECI"/>

==Conviction and release==
In October 2021, Tiwari, along with two others, was convicted in a 29-year-old case filed in 1992 by the principal of Saket College for taking admission in B.Sc third-year based on fake marksheets, despite failing in the B.Sc second-year examination in 1990.<ref name="TOI_Dec2021"/><ref name="AU_Sep2022"/> He was removed from his position in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly and incarcerated.<ref name="TOI_Dec2021"/><ref name="AU_Sep2022"/> Tiwari was released on bail in September 2022.<ref name="AU_Sep2022"/>

==References==
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[[Category:1970 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Bahujan Samaj Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022]]
[[Category:People from Ayodhya district]]

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