Hari Shankar Tiwari is an 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 in Gorakhpur district.[1][2]
Politics
Tiwari was the first gangster in Indian political history to have won elections from prison.[3] Elected from Chillupar, he remained a member of the legislative assembly for years.[4] 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.Template:Citation needed
He has been a cabinet minister at the State Assembly in several governments, including the Kalyan Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party) government (1997–1999).[5] 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.[6]
Family
His son Bhishma Shanker Tiwari,[7] was Member of Parliament,[8] Sant Kabir Nagar seat west of Gorakhpur.[9]
Another son, Vinay Shankar Tiwari, stood from Gorakhpur but lost to Yogi Adityanath by a margin of 222,000 votes. He also lost a runoff election from Ballia in 2007 by 130,000 votes. He is the current MLA from Chillupar.[10]
Nephew Ganesh Shankar Pandey was a state legislator from Maharajganj.[11] In 2010 he won the MLC election for the fourth consecutive time, and was the speaker of the legislative council.[12]
He was succeeded by Rajesh Tripathi. After that Vinay Shankar Tiwari won again from the Chillupar constituency in the 17th Legislative Assembly of Gorakhpur.[13]
References
- ↑ Shankar Jha. Manushi. Retrieved 12 May 2007.Extracts from the Affidavit Submitted to the Venkatswamy Commission
- ↑ Politics and public service. BBC News(7 May 2007). Retrieved 12 May 2007.
- ↑ Bread, Cement, Cactus: A Memoir of Belonging and Dislocation{{#if:Zaidi|, Zaidi}. Cambridge University Press
- ↑ Rashtriya Sahara, Volume 2, Issue 5{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Sahara India Mass Communication
- ↑ L'affaire Amarmani(24 October 2003). Retrieved 12 May 2007.
- ↑ यूपी : सियासी भूचाल की आहट, बीजेपी के करीब हुए बाहुबली हरिशंकर तिवारी!– News18 हिंदी. News18 India(7 February 2018). Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ↑ 50 करोड़ डॉलर जुटाएगी इंडियन ऑयल.
- ↑ National Portal of India. www.india.gov.in. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- ↑ Empowering India - Making democracy meaningful, Know our Representative & Candidate Template:Webarchive
- ↑ SP wrests Ballia seat in bypolls. The Financial Express(3 January 2008). Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- ↑ Madhumita case: CBI charge sheet. www.rediff.com. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- ↑ 3 from UP among top 10 criminal MPs in 15th Lok Sabha(21 May 2009).Template:Dead link
- ↑ Final Election Results 2017: BJP wins over 320 seats in UP(2017).