Hari Shankar Tiwari

Hari Shankar Tiwari is an India politician from Gorakhpur inEastern Uttar Pradesh with the Indian National Congress. In the 1982 U.P. State Elections, he was one of the first Indian politicians (along with Ravindra Shahi) to win an election while in prison.

Parliament politics

He has been a cabinet minister at the State Assembly in several governments, including the Kalyan Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party) government (1997–1999). He wasalso a minister in the Mulayam Singh Yadav (Samajwadi Party) government (2003–2007).

Family

Hari Shankar Tiwari has several relatives in senior positions in the Bahujan Samaj Party.His son Bhism Shankar Tewari, referred in the media as "Mayavati's muscleman" of which he is falsely accused, is currently Member of Parliament, having won from Sant Kabir Nagar seat west of Gorakhpur, by a margin of 30,000 votes (3.6%).

Another son Vinay Shankar Tewari stood from Gorakhpur but lost to Yogi Adityanath. He had also lost a runoff election from Ballia in 2007 by 130,000 votes.

Nephew Ganesh Shankar Pande was a state legislator from ...
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