Bhishma Shankar Tiwari Explained

Bhishma Shankar Tiwari
Constituency:Sant Kabir Nagar
Office:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Predecessor:constituency established
Successor:Sharad Tripathi
Birth Date:1960 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Tanda, Uttar Pradesh, India
Father:Hari Shankar Tiwari
Citizenship:India
Nationality:Indian
Party:Samajwadi Party (since December 2021)
Otherparty:Bahujan Samaj Party(2007-2021)
Relatives:Vinay Shankar Tiwari (brother)
Children:4
Residence:Gorakhpur and New Delhi.
Website:Profile
Term Start:2009
Term End:2014
Termstart1:2008
Termend1:2009
Predecessor1:Bhal Chandra Yadav
Successor1:constituency abolished
Constituency1:Khalilabad

Bhishma Shankar "Kushal" Tiwari (born 30 September 1960) is an Indian politician. He was a Member of Parliament in the 14th and 15th Lok Sabha, representing the Sant Kabir Nagar constituency of Uttar Pradesh as a member of the Bahujan Samaj Party political party. Tiwari joined Samajwadi Party in December 2021.

Life and education

Tiwari was born in Tanda to Hari Shankar Tiwari and Ramlali Devi. His highest attained education is intermediate. By profession, he is a farmer.[1] His brother is politician Vinay Shankar Tiwari.[2] Tiwari married Reena Tiwari on 6 June 1986. They have two sons and two daughters.[1]

Political career

Tiwari started his political career as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, on whose ticket he contested the Lok Sabha elections from Balrampur in eastern Uttar Pradesh. Later, he represented Bahujan Samaj Party as an Member of Parliament in the 14th and 15th Lok Sabhafrom the Sant Kabir Nagar.[3]

Tiwari joined Samajwadi Party in December 2021.[4]

Posts held

From To Position
01 2008 2009 Member, 14th Lok Sabha
02 2009 2014 Member, 15th Lok Sabha
03 2009 2014 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
04 2009 2014 Member, Committee on External Affairs
05 2009 2014 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Member Profile. Lok Sabha website. 8 January 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140108140139/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4247. 8 January 2014. dead.
  2. News: More Brahmins, fewer Dalits among BSP candidates . 4 July 2019 . . IANS . 20 March 2009.
  3. News: Detailed Profile. Indian Government official website. 4 July 2019.
  4. News: UP Elections: SP gets shot in the arm as influential Tiwari clan from eastern UP, sitting BJP MLA join party . 17 June 2022 . Financial Express . 12 December 2021.