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'''Meghraj Tawar''' (died on Aug 27, 2017) is an Indian politician. He is a leader of the [[Communist Party of India]].<ref>''Frontline''. ''[http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2119/stories/20040924002903400.htm A communal plot]''</ref> As of 2010 he was the [[Udaipur District]] Secretary of the party.<ref>''Frontline''. ''[http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=20100924271912400.htm&date=fl2719/&prd=fline& Free to strike]''</ref> A former member of the [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]], Tawar is a prominent profile of the party amongst the local [[Adivasi]] community.

He passes away on 27 August 2017 in Rabindranath Tagore Medical College Hospital in Udaipur in age of 76.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/city/jaipur/former-mla-and-cpi-leader-meghraj-tawar-dead-at-76/amp_articleshow/60245199.cms|title = Meghraj tawar: Former MLA and CPI leader Meghraj Tawar dead at 76 | Jaipur News - Times of India}}</ref>

==Adivasi struggles==
Tawar hails from the [[Bhil]] community.<ref name="Sharma2004">{{cite book|author=Sohan Lal Sharma|title=Social stratification among the tribes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-lZuAAAAMAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Himanshu Publications|isbn=978-81-7906-064-3|page=70}}</ref> A prominent Adivasi cadre of the Communist Party, Tawar was detained under the [[Maintenance of Internal Security Act]] in the 1970s for having led a campaign against usurers.<ref>{{cite book|title=Party Life, Vol. 14|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gf9aAAAAIAAJ|year=1978|publisher=Communist Party of India.|page=8}}</ref> According to G.S. Rao, "[Tawar] not only organised a terror against the [[Mahajan]]s and Government officials in Gogunda, but maintained a tribal government in the region for many days. This government could be removed only through police force."<ref name="Rao1994">{{cite book|author=G. S. Rao|title=National Legal System and the Tribal: A Sociological Exploration|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wfSbAAAAMAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Himanshu Publications|isbn=978-81-85167-81-7|page=76}}</ref> As of 2011 he served as a national office bearer of the [[All India Adivasi Mahasabha]].<ref>Indigenous Peoples Issues and Resources. ''[http://indigenouspeoplesissues.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12723:india-report-of-4th-national-conference-of-all-india-adivasi-mahasabha&catid=33&Itemid=66 India: Report Of 4th National Conference Of All India Adivasi Mahasabha]''</ref>

==Legislator==
He contested the Gongunda seat in the 1977 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election, finishing in second place with 8,743 votes (40.62%). He was defeated by Bhura Lal from the [[Janata Party]].<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/Statistical%20Report%201977%20Rajasthan.pdf Statistical Report on the General Election, 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan]''</ref> Tawar won the Gongunda seat in the 1980 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election, obtaining 9,530 votes (33.74%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/Statistical%20Report%201980%20Rajasthan.pdf Statistical Report on the General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan]''</ref>

==Candidate==
Tawar has contested every election to the [[Lok Sabha]] (lower house of the [[Parliament of India]]) between 1984 and 2014.<ref name="e2009"/><ref name="e04"/><ref name="e99"/><ref name="e98"/><ref name="e96"/><ref name="e91"/><ref name="e89"/><ref name="e84"/><ref name="u"/> He contested the [[Salumber (Lok Sabha constituency)|Salumber seat]] in the general elections of [[1984 Indian general election|1984]] (37,260 votes, 10.56%), [[1989 Indian general election|1989]] (21,837 votes, 4.88%), [[1991 Indian general election|1991]] (16,203 votes, 3.86%), [[1996 Indian general election|1996]] (24,450 votes, 5.70%), [[1998 Indian general election|1998]] (42,202 votes, 7.04%), [[1999 Indian general election|1999]] (22,417 votes, 3.99%) and [[2004 Indian general election|2004]] (32,233 votes, 5.12%).<ref name="e04">Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/archive/GE2004/pollupd/pc/states/s20/pconst17.htm General Elections 2004 - 17-Salumber (ST) Constituency of Rajasthan]''</ref><ref name="e99">Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf Statistical Report on the General Election, 1999 to the Thirteenth Lok Sabha - Volume I (National and State Abstracts & Detailed Results)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183222/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf |date=18 July 2014 }}''</ref><ref name="e98">Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf Statistical Report on the General Election, 1999 to the 12th Lok Sabha - Volume I (National and State Abstracts & Detailed Results)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020223306/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf |date=20 October 2014 }}''</ref><ref name="e96">Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996/Vol_I_LS_96.pdf Statistical Report on the General Election, 1996 to the Eleventh Lok Sabha - Volume I (National and State Abstracts & Detailed Results6]''</ref><ref name="e91">Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf Statistical Report on the General Election, 1991 to the Tenth Lok Sabha - Volume I (National and State Abstracts & Detailed Results)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183558/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf |date=18 July 2014 }}''</ref><ref name="e89">Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf Statistical Report on the General Election, 1989 to the Ninth Lok Sabha - Volume I (National and State Abstracts & Detailed Results)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf |date=18 July 2014 }}''</ref><ref name="e84">Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf Statistical Report on the General Election, 1999 to the Eighth Lok Sabha - Volume I (National and State Abstracts & Detailed Results)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718184911/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf |date=18 July 2014 }}''</ref> He finished in third place in all of these elections.<ref name="e04"/><ref name="e99"/><ref name="e98"/><ref name="e96"/><ref name="e91"/><ref name="e89"/><ref name="e84"/>

He contested the 1985 Legislative Assembly election from the [[Phalasia]] seat, finishing in second place with 4,301 votes (14.55%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1985/Statistical%20Report%201985%20Rajasthan.pdf Statistical Report on the General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan]''</ref> Tawar stood as a candidate for the Sarada seat in the 1990 Legislative Assembly election, finishing in third place with 3,915 votes (6.87%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1990/StatRep_RJ_90.pdf Statistical Report on the General Election, 1990 to the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan]''</ref> He contested the Sarada seat in the 1993 Legislative Assembly election, finishing in third place with 8,109 votes (12.20%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1993/StatRep_RJ_93.pdf Statistical Report on the General Election, 1993 to the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan]''</ref>

In 1998 Tawar contested the Legislative Assembly election from the Gongunda seat, finishing in third place with 2,952 votes (4.17%).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1998/StatisticalReport-RAJ98.pdf Statistical Report on the General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan]''</ref> Tawar contested the Gongunda seat in the November 2003 Legislative Assembly polls; finishing third with 5,923 votes (6.42%)<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_NOV_2003/StatisticalReports_RAJ_Nov2003.pdf Statistical Report on the General Election, 2003 to the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan]''</ref>

After new delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies, the Communist Party fielded Tawar as its candidate in the [[Udaipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Udaipur seat]] in the [[2009 Indian general election|2009 general election]]. He finished in third place with 27,324 votes (3.60%).<ref name="e2009">Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf General Elections, 2009 (15th Lok Sabh) - 25 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results]''</ref> He again contested the Gongunda seat in the [[2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|2013 Legislative Assembly election]], finishing in third place with 6,416 votes.<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eciresults.ap.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS20149.htm?ac=149 Constituencywise Result Status]''</ref>

The Communist Party fielded the 75-year-old Tawar as its candidate in the Udaipur constituency in the [[2014 Indian general election|2014 general election]].<ref name="e2009"/><ref>Communist Party of India. ''[http://www.communistparty.in/2014/03/cpi-lok-sabha-election-candidates-names.html CPI Lok Sabha Election candidates names final]''</ref><ref>''Business Standard''. ''[http://www.business-standard.com/article/elections-2014/ls-polls-raj-cpi-fields-3-candidates-114031200847_1.html LS polls: Raj CPI fields 3 candidates]''</ref> Tawar was the first candidate to file his nomination papers in Udaipur.<ref name="u">''Udaipur Times''. ''[http://www.udaipurtimes.com/four-lok-sabha-election-contestants-file-nomination/ Four Lok Sabha election contestants file nomination]''</ref>

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->Arjun Madathiparambil Muraleedharan at 06:33, 11 November 2021