Ankur Raj Tiwari | |
Native Name: | अंकुर राज तिवारी |
Birth Date: | 15 September 1990 |
Birth Place: | Khalilabad, Uttar Pradesh, India |
Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Nationality: | Indian |
Parents: | Uday Raj Tiwari (father) |
Occupation: | Politician |
Residence: | Khalilabad |
Office1: | MLA in 18th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh |
Constituency1: | Khalilabad |
Term Start1: | March 2022 |
Predecessor1: | Digvijay Narayan Chaubey |
Ankur Raj Tiwari is an Indian politician and a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly representing Khalilabad (Assembly constituency) in Sant Kabir Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh.[1] [2]
Ankur Raj Tiwari was born in a Brahmin family on 23 September 1991 in Sant Kabir Nagar (then a part of Basti), Uttar Pradesh. His father is Uday Raj Tiwari.
In October 2021, Tiwari was granted a membership of Bharatiya Janata Party by BJP Uttar Pradesh state president Swatantra Dev Singh, marking his entry into active politics.[3] He was announced as the BJP candidate in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Khalilabad constituency in Sant Kabir Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh.[4] He won the polls defeating Digvijay Narayan Chaubey of the Samajwadi Party by a margin of 12622 votes.[5] [2]