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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Jitendra Tiwari
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| office1 = [[Asansol|Mayor of Asansol]]
| term_start1 = 13 October 2015<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Jitendra-Tiwari-has-been-selected-mayor-of-Asansol-municipal-corporation-/articleshow/49338162.cms|title=Jitendra Tiwari has been selected mayor of Asansol municipal corporation. - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref>
| successor1 = Amarnath Chatterjee
| term_end1 = 17 December 2020<ref>{{cite news |last1=Loiwal |first1=Manogya |title=Rebel TMC MLA Jitendra Tiwari resigns from key post in Asansol Municipal Corporation |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/rebel-tmc-mla-jitendra-tiwari-resigns-from-key-post-in-asansol-municipal-corporation-1750472-2020-12-17 |work=India Today |date=17 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
| office2 = [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency2 = [[Pandaveswar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Pandaveswar]]
| predecessor2 = Gouranga Chatterjee
| successor2 = Narendranath Chakraborty
| term_start2 = 2016
| term_end2 = 2021
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| birth_place = [[Asansol]], [[India]]
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| profession = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/mla-jitendra-kumar-tiwari-s-temple-message/cid/1689207|title=MLA Jitendra Kumar Tiwari 's temple message|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref><br/>[[Mayor]] of [[Asansol]]<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/asansol-clash-jitendra-kr-tiwari-lodges-complaint-against-babul-supriyo-1563736-2019-07-07|title=Asansol clash: Jitendra Kr Tiwari lodges complaint against Babul Supriyo|agency=Asian News International |date=July 7, 2019 |magazine=India Today}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/rath-yatra-asansol-mayor-jitendra-tiwari-offers-rs-25000-each-to-22-committees20190704184447/|title=Rath Yatra: Asansol Mayor Jitendra Tiwari offers Rs 25,000 each to 22 committees|website=www.aninews.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/photo-gallery-asansol-mayor-lashes-out-at-babul-supriyo-for-mocking-his-rath-yatra-donations-calls-him-a-monkey-tmc-will-cage-2768729|title=Asansol Mayor lashes out at Babul Supriyo for mocking his Rath Yatra donations, calls him a monkey TMC will cage | Latest News & Updates at DNAIndia.com|website=DNA India}}</ref>
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| otherparty = [[All India Trinamool Congress]] (2011-2021)
|party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (2021-present)
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'''Jitendra Tiwari''' is an Indian politician. He is a Member Of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. He is the Former [[Mayor]] of [[Asansol]] and [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)]] from [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] representing the [[Pandaveswar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Pandaveswar]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aajtak.intoday.in/story/west-bengal-asansol-municipal-corporation-mayor-jitendra-tiwari-babul-supriyo-1-1089316.html|title=TMC विधायक को धमकी भरी फोन कॉल, केंद्रीय मंत्री बाबुल सुप्रियो के खिलाफ FIR दर्ज|website=aajtak.intoday.in}}</ref> constituency.<ref>{{cite web |title=Member List |website=West Bengal Legislative Assembly |url=http://wbassembly.gov.in/MLA_All.aspx |accessdate=27 December 2019}}</ref>

== Controversies ==
Tiwari have been in controversies due to his acts and activism in political activities.
* In March 2019 [[Election Commission of India]] sent show-cause notice to Jitendra Tiwari for announcing monetary reward to councillors who would fetch maximum lead for the party candidate in the [[Lok Sabha election]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/ec-notice-to-tmc-mla-jitendra-tiwari-for-declaring-reward-for-votes-5636738/ |title = EC notice to TMC MLA Jitendra Tiwari for declaring 'reward for votes'|date = 2019-03-21}}</ref>
* In May 2019 a footage of Tiwari was released by [[Times Now]] where he was caught threatening a police official in [[West Bengal]]'s [[Durgapur]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.timesnownews.com/videos/mirror-now/crime/caught-on-camera-tmc-leader-jitendra-kumar-tiwari-threatens-a-police-official-in-w-bs-durgapur/32865 | title=Caught on camera: TMC leader Jitendra Kumar Tiwari threatens a police official in W.B's Durgapur}}</ref>
* In June 2019 Tiwari accused [[BJP]] [[Member of Parliament|MP]] [[Babul Supriyo]] for Threatening him on call.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/caller-claiming-to-be-babul-supriyo-threatening-me-trinamool-leader-jitendra-kumar-tiwari-2046579 | title="Caller Claiming to be Babul Supriyo Threatening Me": Trinamool Leader}}</ref>
* On 13 December 2020 Tiwari wrote a letter to the [[Department of Urban Development and Municipal Affairs|Minister of Urban Development and Municipal Affairs]] [[Firhad Hakim]] and accused the [[Mamata Banerjee]] led government of doing injustice with the city of Asansol and depriving Asansol city from the central government schemes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/injustice-to-asansol-tmc-mla-jitendra-tiwari-questions-west-bengal-urban-development-minister-on-smart-city-funds |title=Injustice with the city of Asansol}}</ref>
* On 17 december 2020 Tiwari left [[All India Trinamool Congress]] and resigned from the post of chairman and administrator of Asansol Municipal Corporation.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://banglahunt.com/jitendra-tiwari-leave-trinamool-congress/| title="Jitendra Tiwari leaves Trinamool Congress}}</ref>
== Political career ==
Tiwari started his political career with the [[All India Trinamool Congress]] in 2011. In December 2020, he left the Trinamool Congress but after few days he again joined the party. On 2 March 2021, he resigned from Trinamool Congress and joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in the presence of [[Dilip Ghosh (politician)|Dilip Ghosh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/west-bengal-election-2021-trinamool-mla-jitendra-tewari-dramatically-returned-after-quitting-by-mistake-joins-bjp-2382163|title= TMC MLA Jitendra Kumar Tiwari joined BJP|website=ndtv.in}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Asansol]]
[[Category:Mayors of places in West Bengal]]
[[Category:1979 births]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from West Bengal]]
[[Category:All India Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal]]

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