Suresh Tiwari
{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Suresh Tiwari
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| constituency =
| office = Member of Legislative Assembly of
Barhaj
| term_start = 11 March 2017
| term_end = 10 March 2022
| predecessor = Prem Prakash Singh
| successor = Deepak Mishra
| constituency2 =
| office2 = Member of Legislative Assembly of
Rudrapur
| term_start2 = May 2007
| term_end2 = March 2012
| predecessor2 =Anugrah Narayan Alias Khokha Singh
| successor2 =Akhilesh Pratap Singh
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|01|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = Rudrapur, United Provinces, British India (now in Uttar Pradesh, India)
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| parents = Late Tarakant Tiwari
| nationality = Indian
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| spouse ={{marriage|Brij Kishori Tiwari|1965}}
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| children = 3
| residence = D-1175, Indira Nagar, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
| alma_mater = High School
| occupation = MLA
| profession = Politician, Agriculture
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Suresh Tiwari is an Indian politician and a former member of 15th and 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of Deoria, Uttar Pradesh of India. He represents the Barhaj constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.{{cite news|title=Candidate affidavit|publisher= my neta.info|url=http://myneta.info/uttarpradesh2017/candidate.php?candidate_id=4905|access-date=8 December 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/uttar-pradesh/others/bjp-mla-suresh-tiwari-again-did-a-controversial-comment/articleshow/61668853.cms|title=बीजेपी विधायक सुरेश तिवारी के बिगड़े बोल|work=Navbharat Times|access-date=8 December 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/discontent-grows-in-up-bjp-mla-from-deoria-suresh-tiwari-levels-serious-allegations-against-the-govt-1717459.html|title=Discontent Grows in UP BJP, Deoria MLA Suresh Tiwari Levels Serious Allegations Against Govt|work=News18|access-date=8 December 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/uttar-pradesh/deoria-deoria-cm-yogi-adityanath-bjp-mla-suresh-tiwari-1341267.html|title=सीएम योगी से शिकायत करने पर वे कहते हैं राजनीति छोड़ दो|date=13 April 2018|work=News18|access-date=8 December 2018}}
Early life and education
Tiwari was born 18 January 1946 in Ranihwa village in Rudrapur Tehsil of Deoria district of Uttar Pradesh to his father Tarakant Tiwari. He married Birj Kishori Tiwari in 1965, they have two sons and one daughter. He got High School degree from Satasi Inter College Rudrapur, Deoria.{{cite web|url=http://www.upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in/member?memberId=20283|work=official website of Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|title=Member Profile|access-date=8 December 2018}}
Political career
Tiwari has been MLA for two terms. In first term 15th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2007) he was elected through Bahujan Samaj Party at Rudrapur constituency, he defeated Bhartiya Janata Party candidate Jai Prakash Nishad by a margin of 6,036 votes.{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/rudrapur.html|title=Rudrapur Assembly result 2017|website=Elections.in|access-date=8 December 2018}}
In second term since 2017, he represented the Barhaj constituency and is a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party. In 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2017) elections he defeated Samajwadi Party candidate Murli Manohar Jaiswal by a margin of 11,716 votes.{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/barhaj.html|title=Barhaj Assembly result 2017|website=Elections.in|access-date=8 December 2018}}
Controversies
In 2017, he openly threatened the municipal chairman election, saying, "god forbid if another party Chairman comes, I will make him Shikhandi." I will not let the chairman of the municipality do any work for five years.
In April 2020, a viral video of Suresh Tiwari has surfaced in which he can be heard saying, “Keep this in mind and I am saying this openly, no one should buy vegetables from Muslims”.
Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party spokesperson Anurag Bhadauriya slammed Suresh Tiwari for his comments and said, “Even in such challenging times, BJP leaders are busy spreading hate in the society. These people should be slapped with sedition charges and put in jail”.{{Cite news|last=Ram Pratap Singh|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/do-not-buy-vegetables-from-muslims-deoria-bjp-mla-suresh-tiwari-1671961-2020-04-28|title=Do not buy vegetables from Muslims, Deoria BJP MLA kicks up row with communal remarks|date=28 April 2020|work=India Today|access-date=28 April 2020}}{{Cite news|last=Ram Pratap Singh|url=https://aajtak.intoday.in/story/up-bjp-mla-deoria-suresh-tiwari-do-not-buy-vegetables-from-muslims-amid-corona-lock-down-1-1185219.html|title=यूपी के बीजेपी विधायक ने कहा- कोई भी मुसलमान से न खरीदे सब्जी, वीडियो वायरल|date=28 April 2020|work=Aaj Tak|access-date=28 April 2020|language=hi}}
After that, Bharatiya Janata Party National president JP Nadda said that the party will not tolerate such statement. After Suresh Tiwari's statement went viral, party president JP Nadda asked the Uttar Pradesh BJP unit to take immediate action for such a statement. After this, UP BJP has issued a show cause notice to MLA Suresh Tiwari.{{Cite news|last=Akhilesh Sharma|url=https://khabar.ndtv.com/news/india/bjp-slams-mla-suresh-tiwari-party-chief-jp-nadda-says-such-statements-are-not-acceptable-2219861|title='मुस्लिम विक्रेताओं से सब्ज़ी न खरीदो' कहने वाले विधायक को BJP ने लगाई लताड़, नड्डा बोले- ऐसे बयान बर्दाश्त नहीं|date=28 April 2020|work=NDTV Khabar|access-date=28 April 2020|editor-last=Parinay Kumar|language=hi}}
Posts held
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