Ghanshyam Tiwari

Ghanshyam Tiwari was born on 19 December 1947 in Sikar Rajasthan. While pursuing the bachelor's degree from Sri Kalyan Sanskrit College, Sikar, he was given the position of general secretary in the Students' Union of the college. After graduating from the Sanskrit college, he came to Jaipur for his L.L.B. In these years he was a member of the University Apex Body. He was also the organiser and Vice President of ABVP.

During the emergency in 1975, Tiwari became a full-fledged politician. He fought against the dominating policies of the government. Tiwari got a huge support from the people of Rajasthan and became a powerful voice during this period. Due to his fight against the central government, Tiwari was put in jail where he was brutally tortured. Then some national level activists like Jayaprakash Narayan and Atal Bihari Vajpayee started a movement against the government in defence of Tiwari. This was the turning point in Tiwari's political life. He got appreciated by many great leaders of that time and become a recognised face in Rajasthan.

Tiwari contested in Rajasthan assembly elections of 1980 from Sikar constituency and Won. He was consecutive Re elected as MLA for 2 times, 1980–85 and 1985–89.

Tiwari was a significant member of Janta Party. Due to some internal conflicts, a few members separated from the Janata Party and created a new organisation called Bharatiya Janata Party on April 6, 1980. Tiwari was one of the founders of BJP in Rajasthan. He played a prominent role in establishing the BJP in Rajasthan. Due to his responsible attitude and effective appeal in the public, Tiwari was given multiple responsibilities in BJP which he fulfilled with great compassion.

Tiwari has served as the minister of various departments in the cabinet of Rajasthan government. He was the Power Minister in the Government of Bhairo Singh Shekhawat during July 1998 to November 1998. After few years, he was given multiple departments in Vasundhara Raje's government. Tiwari was heading primary and secondary education department, law and Justice Department, Parliamentary affairs Department simultaneously during the period of 2003 to 2007. Tiwari has significant achievements as the education minister of Rajasthan. He made new policies in the department related to transfer and placements. He distributed free textbooks among the students, opened school at every kilometre and made the transfers more transparent than ever. There were more than 1.5 Lakh teachers appointed during his term. His work as the education minister was appreciated by the Supreme Court Of India. For the milestones achieved during his term, the Education department of Rajasthan was awarded with the UNESCO Confucius Prize For Literacy.

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