Hari Shankar Tiwari

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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'''Hari Shankar Tiwari''' is an [[India]]n politician from [[Gorakhpur]] in eastern [[Uttar Pradesh]]. Tiwari was a member of the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] from the village Tanda, [[Chillupar (Assembly constituency)|Chillupar]] in [[Gorakhpur district]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shankar Jha|author=From Democracy to Kleptocracy|publisher=[[Manushi]]|url=http://www.indiatogether.org/manushi/issue128/kleptocracy.htm|access-date=12 May 2007}}Extracts from the Affidavit Submitted to the Venkatswamy Commission</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Politics and public service|author=Geeta Pandey|work=[[BBC News]]|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/south_asia/6606591.stm|date=7 May 2007|access-date=12 May 2007}}</ref>
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==Politics==
Tiwari was the first public figure in Indian political history to be elected to the legislature from prison. Elected from [[Chillupar (Assembly constituency)|Chillupar]], he remained a member of the legislative assembly for 23 years continuously.

In 1997, he was founding member of [[Akhil Bharatiya Loktantrik Congress]] along with [[Jagdambika Pal]], [[Rajeev Shukla]], [[Shyam Sunder Sharma]] and [[Bacha Pathak]].{{cn|date=August 2020}}

He has been a cabinet minister at the State Assembly in several governments, including the [[Kalyan Singh]] ([[Bharatiya Janata Party]]) government (1997–1999).<ref>{{Cite news|title=L'affaire Amarmani|author=Purnima S. Tripathi |publisher=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]], Volume 20, Issue 21|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2021/stories/20031024003203200.htm|date=24 October 2003|access-date=12 May 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080128183702/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2021/stories/20031024003203200.htm|archive-date=28 January 2008}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/uttar-pradesh/lucknow-bahubali-harishankar-tiwari-close-proximity-to-bjp-1261809.html|title=यूपी : सियासी भूचाल की आहट, बीजेपी के करीब हुए बाहुबली हरिशंकर तिवारी!– News18 हिंदी|date=7 February 2018|website=News18 India|access-date=26 April 2019}}</ref>

==Family==
Tiwari has several relatives in senior positions in the [[Bahujan Samaj Party]].
His son [[Bhismshankar|Bhishma Shanker Tiwari]],<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.samaylive.com/news/musclemen-candidates-figure-in-mayas-team/614576.html|title=50 करोड़ डॉलर जुटाएगी इंडियन ऑयल|trans-title=Indian Oil to raise $500m}}</ref> was [[Member of Parliament]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.india.gov.in/|title=National Portal of India|website=www.india.gov.in|access-date=24 December 2019}}</ref> [[Sant Kabir Nagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sant Kabir Nagar]] seat west of [[Gorakhpur]].<ref>[http://empoweringindia.com/new/preview.aspx?candid=169419&p=p&cid=62 Empowering India - Making democracy meaningful, Know our Representative & Candidate] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710191408/http://empoweringindia.com/new/preview.aspx?candid=169419&p=p&cid=62 |date=10 July 2011 }}</ref>

Another son, [[Vinay Shankar Tiwari]], stood from [[Gorakhpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gorakhpur]] but lost to [[Yogi Adityanath]] by a margin of {{formatnum:222000}} votes. He also lost a runoff election from [[Ballia (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ballia]] in 2007 by 130,000 votes. He is the current MLA from [[Chillupar (Assembly constituency)|Chillupar]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/sp-wrests-ballia-seat-in-bypolls/256870/|title=SP wrests Ballia seat in bypolls|date=3 January 2008|website=The Financial Express|access-date=24 December 2019}}</ref>

Nephew Ganesh Shankar Pandey was a state legislator from [[Maharajganj district|Maharajganj]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2003/dec/23madhu.htm|title=Madhumita case: CBI charge sheet|website=www.rediff.com|access-date=24 December 2019}}</ref> In 2010 he won the MLC election for the fourth consecutive time, and was the speaker of the legislative council.<ref>{{Cite news|title=3 from UP among top 10 criminal MPs in 15th Lok Sabha|date=21 May 2009|url=http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/web1/09may22/national.htm|publisher=[[Daily Excelsior]]}}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
He was succeeded by Rajesh Tripathi. After that [[Vinay Shankar Tiwari]] won again from the [[Chillupar (Assembly constituency)|Chillupar]] constituency in the 17th Legislative Assembly of [[Gorakhpur district|Gorakhpur]].

His daughter Kamini Dube is a film producer and had produced the film ''Rashtraputra'' along with The Bombay Talkies Studios.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/bombay-talkies-makes-splendid-comeback/|title=Bombay Talkies makes a splendid comeback! |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |date=25 April 2019 |access-date=25 April 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:People from Gorakhpur]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) politicians]]
[[Category:Akhil Bharatiya Loktantrik Congress politicians]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian politicians]]
[[Category:Indian politicians convicted of crimes]]
[[Category:Criminals from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]

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