| Office | Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
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|---|---|
| Predecessor | Abhay Singh |
| Successor | Abhay Singh
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| Constituency | Goshainganj |
| Born | 1970-10-27 (age 56) |
| Born | Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
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| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party (2016-present) |
| Spouse | Template:Marriage
|
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 constituency as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate in the 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh.[1][2] He is a former member of Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party.[3]
Personal life
Tiwari was born to Krishan Gopal Tiwari on 27 October 1970 in the Faizabad city of Uttar Pradesh.[4][5] He completed intermediate education from Bachhulal Inter College, Pura Bazar in 1989. Tiwari is an agriculturalist and social worker.[1][4] He married Aarti Tiwari, a postgraduate from Gonda, on 31 May 2018.[6][7]
Political career
A strongman of state politics, Tiwari started off as a student leader.[3] In 2007, he lost as a Samajwadi Party candidate.[3] In the 2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, contesting as a Bahujan Samaj Party candidate from Goshainganj, Tiwari was defeated by Samajwadi Party's Abhay Singh.[2][7]
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.[6][3][2] 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.[8][9] 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.[7][2]
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.[8][9] He was removed from his position in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly and incarcerated.[8][9] Tiwari was released on bail in September 2022.[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Indra Pratap Alias Khabbu Tiwari(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- Goshainganj (Faizabad) - Affidavit Information of Candidate. MyNeta. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Goshainganj Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs. Elections in India. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 BJP में शामिल इस हिस्ट्रीशीटर को कहा जाता है फैजाबाद का दबंग, जानें कितने दर्ज हैं केस. Dainik Bhaskar(12 March 2022). Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 श्री इन्द्र प्रताप उर्फ खब्बू तिवारी. Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ↑ Member info - Shri Indra Pratap Urf Khabbu Tiwari. Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (UPLA). Retrieved September 23, 2024.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 चुनाव जीतने तक कुंवारे रहने की खायी थी कसम, विधायक बनने के एक साल बाद हुई शादी; आज ग्रैंड रिसेप्शन. Dainik Jagran(31 May 2018). Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 गोसाईंगंज में सपा को जनादेश, दूसरी बार अभय सिंह विजयी. Dainik Jagran(10 March 2022). Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Uttar Pradesh: BJP MLA Indra Pratap Tewari disqualified, 8 assembly seats fall vacant. The Times of India(10 December 2021). Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Ayodhya News : 11 माह तक जेल में रहने के बाद खब्बू तिवारी को मिली जमानत, 29 साल बाद कोर्ट ने सुनाई थी सजा. Amar Ujala(12 September 2022). Retrieved 14 August 2024.