Suresh Tiwari is an Indian politician and a former member of

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and

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of Deoria,

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. He represents the Barhaj constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the

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Early life and education

Tiwari was born 18 January 1946 in Ranihwa village in Rudrapur Tehsil of

Deoria district Deoria district, one of the districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh, India has its headquarters located at Deoria and is a part of Gorakhpur division. It came into existence on 16 March 1946 from Gorakhpur district. History Ancient The area now ...

to his father Tarakant Tiwari. He married Birj Kishori Tiwari in 1965, they have two sons and one daughter. He got

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degree from Satasi Inter College Rudrapur, Deoria.

Political career

Tiwari has been MLA for two terms. In first term 15th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2007) he was elected through

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at Rudrapur constituency, he defeated

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candidate

Jai Prakash Nishad Jai Prakash Nishad is an Indian politician and a member of Legislative Assembly of Deoria, Uttar Pradesh of India. He represents the Rudrapur constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party. Political career Nishad ...

by a margin of 6,036 votes. In second term since 2017, he represented the Barhaj constituency and is a member of the

. In 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2017) elections he defeated

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candidate Murli Manohar Jaiswal by a margin of 11,716 votes.

Controversies

In 2017, he openly threatened the municipal chairman election, saying, "god forbid if another party Chairman comes, I will make him Shikhandi." I will not let the chairman of the municipality do any work for five years. In April 2020, a viral video of Suresh Tiwari has surfaced in which he can be heard saying, “Keep this in mind and I am saying this openly, no one should buy vegetables from Muslims”. Meanwhile,

spokesperson Anurag Bhadauriya slammed Suresh Tiwari for his comments and said, “Even in such challenging times,

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leaders are busy spreading hate in the society. These people should be slapped with sedition charges and put in jail”. After that,

National president

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said that the party will not tolerate such statement. After Suresh Tiwari's statement went viral, party president

asked the Uttar Pradesh BJP unit to take immediate action for such a statement. After this, UP BJP has issued a show cause notice to MLA Suresh Tiwari.

Posts held

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tiwari, Suresh Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh People from Deoria district Living people Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022 1946 births