Hari Shankar Tiwari is an India

India

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 politician from Gorakhpur

Gorakhpur

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 in
Eastern Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

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 with the Indian National Congress

Indian National Congress

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. In the 1982 U.P. State Elections, he was one of the first Indian politicians (along with Ravindra Shahi) to win an election while in prison.

Parliament politics

He has been a cabinet minister at the State Assembly in several governments, including the Kalyan Singh

Kalyan Singh

Kalayan Singh is an Indian politician from the state of Uttar Pradesh. He has served 3 times as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.-Role in demolition of Babri Masjid:...

 (Bharatiya Janata Party

Bharatiya Janata Party

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) government (1997–1999). He was
also a minister in the Mulayam Singh Yadav

Mulayam Singh Yadav

Mulayam Singh Yadav in Hindi मुलायम सिंह यादव is an Indian politician and has influence mainly in Uttar Pradesh state of India...

 (Samajwadi Party

Samajwadi Party

Samajwadi Party is a political party in India. It is based in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It describes itself as a democratic socialist party...

) government (2003–2007).
He was cabinet minister from Chillupar, Barhalganj.

Family

Hari Shankar Tiwari has several relatives in senior positions in the Bahujan Samaj Party

Bahujan Samaj Party

The Bahujan Samaj Party is a centrist national political party in India with socialist leanings. It was formed to chiefly represent Bahujans , referring to people from the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Castes as well as Buddhists. The party claims to be inspired by the...

.
His son Bhism Shankar Tewari, is currently Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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, having won from Sant Kabir Nagar seat west of Gorakhpur, by a margin of 30,000 votes (3.6%).

Another son Vinay Shankar Tewari stood from Gorakhpur but lost to Yogi Adityanath. He had also lost a runoff election from Ballia in 2007 by 130,000 votes.

Nephew Ganesh Shankar Pande was a state legislator from Maharajganj

Maharajganj

Maharajganj is a town and a notified area in Siwan district in the Indian state of Bihar.-Geography:Maharajganj is located at . It has an average elevation of 66 metres .-Demographics:...

. In 2010 he won mlc election for consecutively for fourth time and now he is speaker of legislative council.
He was succeeded by Rajesh Tripathi.