Shivanand Tiwari

Shivanand Tiwari
Rajya Sabha
In office
2008 – 2014
ConstituencyBihar
Cabinet Minister for Excise and Prohibition in Government of Bihar
In office
2000 – 2005
Personal details
BornBhojpur, Bihar, India
Political partyRashtriya Janata Dal
SpouseBimla Tiwary
Children4
ResidencePatna

Shivanand Tiwari (born 1943)[1] is a prominent politician from Bhojpur district, Bihar who was a member of the Janata Dal (United) political party, which he represented in the Rajya Sabha. First he was a prominent leader and spokesperson of Lalu Prasad Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal party. Later he was the General Secretary and spokesman for the JD (U).[2] On 27 February 2014 he was denied renomination to Rajya Sabha, and expelled from the Nitish's Janata faction along with four other Lok Sabha members of the party.[3] After his stint with Nitish's Janata Dal (U), he re-joined Lalu Prasad Yadav's RJD.[4]

  1. ^ "Rajya Sabha MP biography". Rajya Sabha. Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  2. ^ "General Secretaries". Janata Dal (United). Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  3. ^ Parsai, Gargi; Gaikwad, Rahi (27 February 2014). "News". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Shivanand Tiwari tells the story of a former politician".[dead link‍]