Indra Pratap Tiwari Explained

Indra Pratap Tiwari
Office1:Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency1:Goshainganj
Term Start1:March 2017
Term End1:December 2021
Predecessor1:Abhay Singh
Successor1:Abhay Singh
Birth Date:27 October 1970
Birth Place:Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nickname:Khabbu Tiwari
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party (2016-present)
Otherparty:Bahujan Samaj Party (2012-2016), Samajwadi Party (till 2012)
Profession:Agriculturalist, social worker

Indra Pratap "Khabbu" Tiwari (born 27 October 1970) is an Indian politician and a former member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He had represented the Goshainganj constituency as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate in the 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. He is a former member of the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party.

Personal life

Tiwari was born to Krishan Gopal Tiwari on 27 October 1970 in the Faizabad city of Uttar Pradesh.[1] He complete his Intermediate from Bachhulal Inter College, Pura Bazar in 1989. Tiwari is an agriculturalist and social worker.[2] [1] He married to Aarti Tiwari, a postgraduate from Gonda, on 31 May 2018.[3]

Political career

A strongman of state politics, Tiwari started of as a student leader. In 2007, he lost as a Samajwadi Party candidate.[4] In the 2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, contesting as a Bahujan Samaj Party candidate from Goshainganj, Tiwari was defeated by Samajwadi Party's Abhay Singh.[5] [6]

Tiwari joined Bharatiya Janata Party in 2016, and went on to defeat rival Abhay Singh by a margin of 11,620 votes in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election for the Goshainganj seat.[3] [4] [5] In December 2021, Tiwari lost his membership to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly after being convicted and jailed in October that year in a fake marksheet case.[7] [8] In the following 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Tiwari's wife Aarti represented the party for the vacant seat, but lost to Abhay SIngh by a margin of 13,079 votes.[6] [5]

Conviction and release

In October 2021, Tiwari along with two others, was convicted in a 29-year-old case filed in 1992 by the principal of Saket College for taking admission in BSC third-year based on fake marksheets, despite failing in Bsc second-year in 1990.[7] [8] He was removed from his position in the Uttar Pradesh Assambly and incarcerated.[7] [8] Tiwari was released on bail in Sep 2022.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: श्री इन्‍द्र प्रताप उर्फ खब्बू तिवारी . Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly . 13 August 2024.
  2. Web site: Indra Pratap Alias Khabbu Tiwari(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- Goshainganj (Faizabad) - Affidavit Information of Candidate . MyNeta . 13 August 2024.
  3. News: चुनाव जीतने तक कुंवारे रहने की खायी थी कसम, विधायक बनने के एक साल बाद हुई शादी; आज ग्रैंड रिसेप्शन . . 31 May 2018 . 14 August 2024.
  4. News: BJP में शामिल इस हिस्ट्रीशीटर को कहा जाता है फैजाबाद का दबंग, जानें कितने दर्ज हैं केस . Dainik Bhaskar . 12 March 2022 . 13 August 2024.
  5. Web site: Goshainganj Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs . Elections in India . 13 August 2024.
  6. News: गोसाईंगंज में सपा को जनादेश, दूसरी बार अभय सिंह विजयी . Dainik Jagran . hi . 10 March 2022 . 16 March 2022 .
  7. News: Uttar Pradesh: BJP MLA Indra Pratap Tewari disqualified, 8 assembly seats fall vacant . The Times of India . 10 December 2021 . 14 August 2024.
  8. News: श्रीवास्‍तव . पंकज . 12 September 2022 . Ayodhya News : 11 माह तक जेल में रहने के बाद खब्बू तिवारी को मिली जमानत, 29 साल बाद कोर्ट ने सुनाई थी सजा . Amar Ujala . hi . 14 August 2024.