Manish Tewari

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Manish Tewari
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Tewari in 2014

Office Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha



Office Minister of Information and Broadcasting (Independent Charge)
Office President of Indian Youth Congress
Term start 4 June 2024


Predecessor Kirron Kher


Predecessor Prem Singh Chandumajra
Successor Malwinder Singh Kang
Constituency Chandigarh
Constituency Anandpur Sahib
Born 1965-12-08 (age 61)[1]
Born Chandigarh, Punjab, India



Nationality Indian


Political party Indian National Congress
Spouse Naznin Shifa Tewari


Alma mater Delhi University
Occupation Politician


Manish Tewari (born 8 December 1965) is an Indian lawyer and politician. He is a member of the Indian National Congress and represents Chandigarh in the current 18th Lok Sabha.[2] He represented Anandpur Sahib in the 17th Lok Sabha. He was Minister of Information and Broadcasting from 2012 to 2014 and a Member of Parliament from Ludhiana from 2009 to 2014. He contested and won from Chandigarh in the 2024 Indian general election.[3]

Personal life

Manish Tewari was born on 8 December 1965 in Chandigarh, India[4] to Hindu Brahmin father V.N. Tiwari, an author of Punjabi language and professor at the Panjab University; and Jat Sikh mother Amrit Tewari, a dentist who worked as Professor and Head, Oral Health Sciences Center, and Dean at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research.[5][6] His father was killed by Khalistani militants in 1984. His mother died in 2018 following a cardiac arrest.[6] Tewari's maternal grandfather, Sardar Tirath Singh was a lawyer and a minister in Congress' government in the state of Punjab.Template:Cn

He studied from St. John's High School, Chandigarh. Tewari attained a Bachelor's of Arts degree from Panjab University, Chandigarh and later a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Delhi.[4] During his time at the Panjab University, he led the sports teams in swimming and water polo.[4] Tewari married Naznin Shifa, a Parsi in March 1996 and now resides in Lodhi Gardens, New Delhi. The couple has a daughter, Ineka Tewari.[4]

Career

File:Manish Tewari addressing a Press Conference on ‘Digitization and related issues’, in New Delhi. The Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Shri Uday Kumar Varma and the Principal Director General (M&C) (1).jpg
Manish Tewari addressing a Press Conference on ‘Digitization and related issues’, in New Delhi.

Tewari was the president of National Students Union of India from 1988 to 1993[7] and Indian Youth Congress(I) from 1998 to 2000. He lost the 2004 Lok sabha elections but successfully contested the 2009 Lok Sabha elections by defeating Shiromani Akali Dal's candidate Gurcharan Singh Galib by a margin of over 100,000 votes. In the 2012 Indian Cabinet reshuffle he was made Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting[8]. Tewari, an advocate by profession, presently practices in the Supreme Court of India and the High Courts of Delhi as well as Punjab and Haryana.

As a member of parliament he has been active in drafting a Private member's Bill to bring the intelligence agencies under parliamentary oversight.[9] While he was scheduled to contest polls from his constituency Ludhiana, in March 2014 he was admitted to hospital for heart ailment.[10] Days later he expressed his unwillingness to contest parliamentary elections owing to his ill health. He has been replaced by Ravneet Singh Bittu, the grandson of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh.[11]

Manish Tewari was a speaker at Bridge India's webinar on "India's foreign policy: Taking stock at the end of Year One".[12] In 2022, it was reported that Tewari may be a candidate in the 2022 Indian National Congress presidential election.[13]

File:The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Information & Broadcasting, Shri Manish Tewari addressing the gathering, at Mullanpur, Distt. Ludhiana of Punjab on October 23, 2013.jpg
Manish Tewari addressing the gathering, at Mullanpur, District. Ludhiana of Punjab on 23 October 2013

References

  1. ↑ Manish Tewari Biography. NRIInternet.com. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  2. ↑ Congress's Manish Tewari wrests Chandigarh from BJP after 10 yrs, Sanjay Tandon loses by slim margin, Sethi, Chitleen K.. ThePrint(2024-06-04). Retrieved 2024-06-17.
  3. ↑ Bullish Wins & Bearish Losses: Here are the key contests and results of 2024 Lok Sabha polls(6 June 2024).
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Detailed profile: Shri Manish Tewari. Government of India. Retrieved 16 October 2019.Template:Dead link
  5. ↑ Template:Cite tweet
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Prof Amrit Tewari, former PGI Dean, passes away at 80. The Tribune(15 January 2018). Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  7. ↑ Tewari, Shri Manish. Parliament of India. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  8. ↑ Cabinet reshuffle: Manmohan Singh's new team a mix of youth and experience, PTI. India Today(2012-10-28). Retrieved 2026-01-31.
  9. ↑ Indian spy agencies to come under parliament oversight?. The Economic Times(14 August 2011). Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  10. ↑ Manish Tewari unlikely to contest Lok Sabha polls(16 March 2014).
  11. ↑ Manish Tewari not to contest Lok Sabha polls(25 March 2014).
  12. ↑ Bridge India's webinar series. Bridge India. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
  13. ↑ Kamal Nath, Manish Tewari may contest in Congress chief polls. www.telegraphindia.com(September 22, 2022). Retrieved 2022-09-28.

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