Pramod Tiwari

Pramod Kumar Tiwari well known as Pramod Tiwari as well as Pramod Kumar (born 16 July 1952) is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress party. He is currently serving as Deputy Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha, from Rajasthan Rajya Sabha Constituency. He is a nine-time Designated Senior Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Rampur Khas and Former Cabinet Minister in Government of Uttar Pradesh.

Pramod Tiwari
Tiwari in 2018
Deputy Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha
Assumed office
13 March 2023
President
Prime Minister
Chairman Rajya Sabha
Leader of the Opposition
Preceded by
Member of Parliament
Rajya Sabha
Assumed office
5 July 2022
Preceded byHarshvardhan Singh Dungarpur
ConstituencyRajasthan
In office
14 December 2013 – 2 April 2018
Preceded byRasheed Masood
Succeeded byG. V. L. Narasimha Rao, BJP
ConstituencyUttar Pradesh
Member of Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh
In office
1980–2013
Preceded byKunwar Tejbhan Singh
Succeeded byAradhana Misra
ConstituencyRampur Khas
Personal details
Born (1952-07-16) 16 July 1952
Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseAlka Tiwari (died on 27 April 2012)
ChildrenSona Tiwari (Vijayashri Tiwari)
Mona Tiwari (Aradhana Misra)
ResidenceSangramgarh Lalganj Ajhara
Websitewww.pramodtiwari.co.in

Political career

Pramod Kumar 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 Cabinet Minister in Government of Uttar Pradesh from 1984 to 1991. Tiwari has won nine times in a row.[1]

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.[2][3][4]

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.

He was elected as a Member of Rajya Sabha in 2013 by-elections for the vacant seat due to disqualification of sitting member Rasheed Masood and is a 2 time senior member of Rajya Sabha, served his term till 11th April,2018 and was again elected as Member of Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan in 2022.[5]

Record

Pramod Tiwari entered Guinness Book of World Records for winning Rampur Khas assembly seat for the 9th time in a row.[6]

References
  1. Archived 27 January 2012 at the Wayback MachineCong's Pramod Tiwari to Fight Elections the 9th Time
  2. Congress axes Pramod Tiwari as CLP leader
  3. Finally, loyalist Pramod Tiwari was shown the door as Congress legislative party in UP
  4. "Congress axes Pramod Tiwari as CLP leader". Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  5. "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.
  6. "Pramod's name entered in Guinees Book of Worlds Records". Zee News. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
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