Pramod Tiwari
Pramod Tiwari | |
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![]() Tiwari in 2018 | |
MP of Rajya Sabha for Rajasthan | |
Assumed office 5 July 2022 | |
Constituency | Rajasthan |
MP of Rajya Sabha for Uttar Pradesh | |
In office 14 December 2013 – 2 April 2018 | |
Succeeded by | G. V. L. Narasimha Rao, BJP |
Constituency | Uttar Pradesh |
Member of legislative assembly, Uttar Pradesh | |
In office 1980–2013 | |
Preceded by | Kunwar Tejbhan Singh |
Succeeded by | Aradhana Misra (bypoll) |
Constituency | Rampur Khas |
Personal details | |
Born | Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India | 16 July 1952
Political party | Indian National Congress |
Spouse | Alka Tiwari (died on 27 April 2012) |
Children | Sona Tiwari (vijayashri tiwari), Mona Tiwari (Aradhana Misra) |
Residence | Sangramgarh Lalganj Ajhara |
Website | www.pramodtiwari.co.in |
Pramod Tiwari (born 16 July 1952) is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress party. He is a nine-time Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Rampur Khas assembly seat in Pratapgarh of Uttar Pradesh. He was elected as Member of Rajya Sabha in 2013 by-elections, for the vacant seat due to disqualification of sitting member Rasheed Masood and April 11, 2018 was the end of his term from Rajya Sabha.[1]
Career
Pramod Tiwari was chosen as a member of Uttar Pradesh Assembly for the first time in the 1980s. He regularly won the Rampur Khas seat. He was the state minister of Uttar Pradesh from 1984 to 1989. Tiwari has won nine times in a row.[2]
In 2007 election, Tiwari defeated Kunwar Viggyat Singh of the Samajwadi Party (SP) by a huge margin and in 2012 election, he defeated Hira Madi Patel of Bahujan Samajwadi Party 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.[3][4][5]
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 Madhya Pradesh. [6]
Record
Pramod Tiwari entered Guinness Book of World Records for winning Rampur Khas assembly seat for the 7th time in a row.[7]
References
- ^ "Pramod Tiwari and Kanaklata Singh were declared elected unopposed to two Rajya Sabha by-elections from Uttar Pradesh". Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ [1] Archived 27 January 2012 at the Wayback MachineCong's Pramod Tiwari to Fight Elections the 9th Time
- ^ Congress axes Pramod Tiwari as CLP leader
- ^ Finally, loyalist Pramod Tiwari was shown the door as Congress legislative party in UP
- ^ "Congress axes Pramod Tiwari as CLP leader". Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
- ^ "Congress wins three Rajya Sabha seats in Rajasthan, says CM Gehlot". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ^ "Pramod's name entered in Guinees Book of Worlds Records". Zee News. Retrieved 12 June 2021.