Pramod Tiwari

Member's Name: Tiwari, Shri Pramod
Constituency: Rajasthan

Born/Date of Birthday: 16 July 1952
Place of Birth: Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party: Indian National Congress
Profession: Politician

Marital Status: married
Spouse: Alka Tiwari (died on 27 April 2012)
Children: Sona Tiwari (vijayashri tiwari), Mona Tiwari (Aradhana Misra)
Permanent Address: Sheetal Mau, Post Sheetal Mau, Lalganj Ajhara, Distt. Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh Tel.-
Official Website: 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.

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.

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.

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.

Record

Pramod Tiwari entered Guinness Book of World Records for winning Rampur Khas assembly seat for the 7th time in a row.