Pramod Tiwari (born 16 July 1952) is an

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from the

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party. He is a nine-time Designated Senior Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Rampur Khas assembly seat and Former Cabinet Minister in Government of Uttar Pradesh from Pratapgarh of

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. He was elected and as Member of

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in 2013 by-elections afor the vacant seat due to disqualification of sitting member

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and is a 3 time senior member of Rajya Sabha, served his term till 11th April,2018 and then was elected as Member of Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan for a second term and was again elected as Member of Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan,third time in a row in 2022.

Career

Pramod Tiwari was chosen as a member of

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for the first time in the 1980s. He regularly won the Rampur Khas seat. He was the Cabinet Minister in Government of Uttar Pradesh from 1984 to 1991. Tiwari has won nine times in a row. In 2007 election, Tiwari defeated Kunwar Viggyat Singh of the

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(SP) by a huge margin and in

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, he defeated Hira Madi Patel of

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by 31,544 votes. On 6 June 2012, the Congress removed him as the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader and replaced him with Pradeep Mathur, a three-term MLA from Mathura. Pramod Tiwari was chosen as a member of U.P. Assembly for the first time in the 1980 and won record nine times in a row from Rampur Khas seat in Pratapgarh district. He was the minister of U.P. from 1984 to 1989. He was also the Congress legislature party leader for a record time. Pramod Tiwari became a Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) from Uttar Pradesh in 2012 and served his tenure till 2018,after that he continued his tenure from Rajasthan till 2022 and again in 2022 from Rajasthan .

Record

Pramod Tiwari entered Guinness Book of World Records for winning Rampur Khas assembly seat for the 9th time in a row.

References

External links

http://www.congresssandesh.com/september-2002/states5.htmlTimes of India – India against Corruption members picket Congress leader Pramod Tiwari during anti-corruption protest
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tiwari, Pramod 1951 births Living people People from Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh Indian National Congress politicians Tiwari Pramod