Rajan Tiwari
{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Rajan Tiwari
| office = Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly
| termstart = 2000
| termend = 2005
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| relations = Raju Tiwari (brother)
| constituency = Govindganj
| parents = Kanti Devi Tiwari (mother), Vishwajeewan Ram Tiwari (father)
| birth_name = Rajan Kumar Tiwari
| birth_place = Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
| predecessor = Bhupendra Nath Dubey
| successor = Meena Dwivedi
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1974}}
| image =
| caption =
| otherparty = Rashtriya Janata Dal
}}
Rajan Tiwari (born 1974) is an Indian politician and a former Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. He contested his first election as an independent candidate in the year 2000 and got elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly from the Govindganj Assembly constituency.{{Cite web |title=कौन है माफिया राजन तिवारी? जिसकी योगी सरकार बनवा रही अपराध कुंडली |url=https://www.newsnationtv.com/states/uttar-pradesh/who-is-mafia-rajan-tiwari-whose-yogi-government-is-making-crime-horoscope-302972.html |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=www.newsnationtv.com}}{{Cite web |date=2022-08-18 |title=कौन है पूर्व बाहुबली MLA राजन तिवारी? जिसे नेपाल भागते समय पुलिस ने किया अरेस्ट |url=https://www.jansatta.com/crime-news-hindi/bahubali-rajan-tiwari-arrested-close-aide-of-mafia-don-shriprakash-shukla/2332951/ |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=Jansatta |language=hi}} He was defeated by Meena Dwivedi of Janata Dal (United).
Family
Rajan Tiwari is the son of Kanti Devi Tiwari (mother) and Vishwajeewan Ram Tiwari (father).{{Cite web |title=कोर्ट में पेशी का वारंट था, लेकिन... उत्तर प्रदेश से भागकर बिहार में नेताजी बनने वाले बाहुबली |url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/crime/bahulbali-neta-rajan-tiwari-journey-from-mafia-don-to-bihar-politics-and-now-jail/articleshow/95143582.cms |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=Navbharat Times |language=hi}}
Rajan Tiwari belongs to the Hindu Pandit community and originally hails from Gorakhpur.{{Cite web |date=2016-12-30 |title=यूपी चुनाव में रंग दिखाने बिहार से लौट आया है ये बाहुबली |url=https://www.aajtak.in/crime/big-crime/story/mafia-rajan-tiwari-returned-from-the-bihar-for-up-election-2017-394092-2016-12-30 |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=आज तक |language=hi}} His younger brother Raju Tiwari was elected as an MLA from the Govindganj constituency in Bihar on the ticket of Lok Janshakti Party in 2015 election.
Political career
Rajan Tiwari started his political career in year 2000 when he defeated Bhupendra Nath Dubey of SAP 2000.
In 2006, his mother Kanti Devi was elected Block Head from the local block and continues to hold the post.{{cite web|url=http://myneta.info/bih2005/candidate.php?candidate_id=128 |title=RAJAN TIWARI(LJP): Constituency- Gobindganj (East Champaran ) - Affidavit Information of Candidate: |publisher=Myneta.info |date= |accessdate=2016-04-26}}{{cite web|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS0414.htm?ac=14 |title=Constituencywise-All Candidates |publisher=Eciresults.nic.in |date= |accessdate=2016-04-26}}{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/govindganj.html |title=Govindganj (Bihar) Assembly Election Results 2015 - Winner and Runner-up Candidates |publisher=Elections.in |date= |accessdate=2016-04-26}}