Pramod Tiwari
{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Pramod Tiwari
| image = Pramod Tiwari at Parliament Library Building, New Delhi.jpg
| caption = Tiwari in 2018
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|07|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
| residence = Sangramgarh Lalganj Ajhara
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = Deputy Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha
| predecessor = *P. Chidambaram (interim)
| successor =
| term_start = 13 March 2023
| term_end =
| president = *Droupadi Murmu
| primeminister = *Narendra Modi
| 1blankname = Chairman Rajya Sabha
| 1namedata = *Jagdeep Dhankhar
| 2blankname = Leader of the Opposition
| 2namedata = *Mallikarjun Kharge
(16 February 2021–Incumbent)
| office1 = Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
| constituency1 = Rajasthan
| termstart1 = 5 July 2022
| predecessor1 = Harshvardhan Singh Dungarpur
| constituency2 = Uttar Pradesh
| term_start2 = 14 December 2013
| term_end2 = 2 April 2018
| predecessor2 = Rasheed Masood
| successor2 = G. V. L. Narasimha Rao, BJP
| office3 = Member of Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh
| predecessor3 = Kunwar Tejbhan Singh
| successor3 = Aradhana Misra
| constituency3 = Rampur Khas
| term_start3 = 1980
| term_end3 = 2013
| party = Indian National Congress
| successor1 =
| spouse = Alka Tiwari (died on 27 April 2012)
| children = Sona Tiwari (Vijayashri Tiwari)
Mona Tiwari (Aradhana Misra)
| website = pramodtiwari.co.in
}}
Pramod Kumar Tiwari (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 Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Rampur Khas and Former Cabinet Minister in Government of Uttar Pradesh.
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.[http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=749062] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127074309/http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=749062|date=27 January 2012}}Cong's Pramod Tiwari to Fight Elections the 9th Time
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.[http://www.deccanherald.com/content/254974/congress-axes-pramod-tiwari-clp.html Congress axes Pramod Tiwari as CLP leader][https://web.archive.org/web/20130620151703/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-07/india/32100083_1_clp-leader-pramod-tiwari-aicc Finally, loyalist Pramod Tiwari was shown the door as Congress legislative party in UP]{{Cite web |url=http://in.news.yahoo.com/congress-axes-pramod-tiwari-clp-leader-105244039.html |title=Congress axes Pramod Tiwari as CLP leader |access-date=30 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403165634/https://in.news.yahoo.com/congress-axes-pramod-tiwari-clp-leader-105244039.html |archive-date=3 April 2015 |url-status=dead }}
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 11 April 2018 and was again elected as Member of Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan in 2022.{{Cite news |agency=Press Trust of India |date=2022-06-10 |title=Congress wins three Rajya Sabha seats in Rajasthan, says CM Gehlot |work=Business Standard India |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/elections/congress-wins-three-rajya-sabha-seats-in-rajasthan-says-cm-gehlot-122061001084_1.html |access-date=2022-06-19}}
Record
Pramod Tiwari entered Guinness Book of World Records for winning Rampur Khas assembly seat for the 9th time in a row.{{cite news |title=Pramod's name entered in Guinees Book of Worlds Records|work= Zee News|url=https://zeenews.india.com/home/pramods-name-entered-in-guinees-book-of-worlds-records_35259.html|access-date=12 June 2021}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050210180043/http://www.congresssandesh.com/september-2002/states5.html http://www.congresssandesh.com/september-2002/states5.html]
- [https://archive.today/20130103130233/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-26/allahabad/33402154_1_iac-congress-leader-clp-leader Times of India – India against Corruption members picket Congress leader Pramod Tiwari during anti-corruption protest]
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Category:People from Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh
Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Uttar Pradesh
Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1980–1985
Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1985–1989
Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1989–1991
Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1991–1993
Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1993–1996
Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1997–2002
Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2002–2007