Suresh Tiwari

Suresh Tiwari is an Indian politician and a member of 15th and 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of Deoria, Uttar Pradesh of India. He represents the Barhaj constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[2][3][4][5]

Suresh Tiwari
Member of Legislative Assembly of
Barhaj
Assumed office
March 2017
Preceded byPrem Prakash Singh
Member of Legislative Assembly of
Rudrapur
In office
May 2007 – March 2012
Preceded byAnugrah Narayan Alias Khokha Singh
Succeeded byAkhilesh Pratap Singh
Personal details
Born (1946-01-18) 18 January 1946
Rudrapur, British India (Now in Uttar Pradesh)[1]
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)
Brij Kishori Tiwari
​
(m. 1965)​
Children3
ParentsLate Tarakant Tiwari [2]
ResidenceD-1175, Indira Nagar, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Alma materHigh School
OccupationMLA
ProfessionPolitician, Agriculture[2]

Early life and education

Tiwari was born 18 January 1946 in Ranihwa village in Rudrapur Tehsil of Deoria district of Uttar Pradesh to his father Tarakant Tiwari. he marriage with Birj Kishori Tiwari in 1965, they have two sons and one daughter. He got High School degree from Satasi Inter College Rudrapur, Deoria.[1]

Political career

Tiwari has MLA for two term. In first term 15th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2007) he elected through Bahujan Samaj Party at Rudrapur constituency, he defeated Bhartiya Janata Party candidate Jai Prakash Nishad by a margin of 6,036 votes.[6]

In second term since 2017, he represented the Barhaj constituency and is a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party. In 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2017) elections he defeated Samajwadi Party candidate Murli Manohar Jaiswal by a margin of 11,716 votes.[7]

Controversies

In 2017, he openly threatens 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.[3]

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, Samajwadi Party spokesperson Anurag Bhadauriya slammed Suresh Tiwari for his comments and said, “Even in such challenging times, BJP leaders are busy spreading hate in the society. These people should be slapped with sedition charges and put in jail”.[8][9]

After that, Bharatiya Janata Party National president JP Nadda said that the party will not tolerate such statement. After Suresh Tiwari's statement went viral, party president JP Nadda 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.[10]

Posts held
#FromToPositionComments
01May 2007March 2012Member, 15th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh[11]
02March 2017IncumbentMember, 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh[12]

References
  1. "Member Profile". official website of Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  2. "Candidate affidavit". my neta.info. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  3. "बीजेपी विधायक सुरेश तिवारी के बिगड़े बोल". Navbharat Times. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  4. "Discontent Grows in UP BJP, Deoria MLA Suresh Tiwari Levels Serious Allegations Against Govt". News18. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  5. "सीएम योगी से शिकायत करने पर वे कहते हैं राजनीति छोड़ दो". News18. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  6. "Rudrapur Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  7. "Barhaj Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  8. Ram Pratap Singh (28 April 2020). "Do not buy vegetables from Muslims, Deoria BJP MLA kicks up row with communal remarks". India Today. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  9. Ram Pratap Singh (28 April 2020). "यूपी के बीजेपी विधायक ने कहा- कोई भी मुसलमान से न खरीदे सब्जी, वीडियो वायरल". Aaj Tak (in Hindi). Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  10. Akhilesh Sharma (28 April 2020). Parinay Kumar (ed.). "'मुस्लिम विक्रेताओं से सब्ज़ी न खरीदो' कहने वाले विधायक को BJP ने लगाई लताड़, नड्डा बोले- ऐसे बयान बर्दाश्त नहीं". NDTV Khabar (in Hindi). Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  11. "2007 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  12. "Uttar Pradesh 2017 Result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 8 December 2018.


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