Pandit Harishankar Tiwari’s last rites will be performed today.
Pandit Harishankar Tiwari’s last rites will be performed today.
Haribhoom Explainer:Pandit Harishankar Tiwari, one of the veteran leaders of Uttar Pradesh, passed away on Tuesday evening. He was 88 years old. It is being told that he was ill for a long time. After getting the news of his death, a wave of mourning started among his supporters. His last rites will be performed at Muktidham in Barhalganj, Gorakhpur at around 7 pm today. He won assembly elections six times and was a cabinet minister five times. It is said that his influence was such that no matter which political party’s government came to power, Harishankar Tiwari would definitely find a place in the cabinet. He is survived by former MP Bhishma Shankar and former MLA Vinay Shankar Tiwari, besides a daughter. News2News.in Explaner will take you through the life of Harishankar Tiwari, who even after being behind the bars, defeated his political rivals and won.
Won the election despite being in jail
In the 80s, the Chillupar assembly seat of Gorakhpur suddenly became a topic of discussion. The reason was that such a person won the election, who is behind the bars. The name was Pandit Harishankar Tiwari. His name was so popular that he won with a huge margin. This was probably the first case in Indian politics, when a leader won an election while in jail. After this victory, a new word ‘Bahubali’ was added in Indian politics. Even today Harishankar Tiwari is called Bahubali leader.
started with student politics
Harishankar Tiwari was active in student politics even before becoming an MLA. At the time of JP’s revolution, Harishankar Tiwari had gained the fame of a big student leader in Gorakhpur University. At that time the student politics of Gorakhpur University was not only limited to the university campus but also spread outside the campus. At that time, a big name in opposition to Harishankar Tiwari was Balwant Singh. There were frequent disputes between the two groups. Actually this dispute had become of Brahmin vs Kshatriya. Gradually, Harishankar Tiwari started strengthening his hold among the public and was also successful. He also had an image as helpful, whether it was helping people financially or listening to their problems and solving them, he was always ready. He also used to organize Janata Darbar at Gorakhpur Hata. He got the benefit of all these in politics as well.
MLA for 22 years
Harishankar Tiwari’s popularity can be gauged from the fact that he was MLA from Chillupar seat of Gorakhpur for 22 years. Harishankar Tiwari also had this quality that he had good relations with almost all parties. The government may be formed by any party, but Harishankar Tiwari used to become a minister. From 2007, Harishankar Tiwari’s political influence started decreasing and he lost the election. He had to face defeat in 2012 as well. After this, he got his son a ticket from BSP in 2017 and he himself won.
family in politics
Harishankar Tiwari’s son Bhishmashankar Tiwari was MP from Santakbirnagar in 2007 on BSP ticket, his other son was MLA from 2017 to 2022 from Chillupar assembly. Ganeshshankar Pandey, a nephew of Harishankar, remained MLA from Maharajganj. Almost people from Harishankar Tiwari’s family are associated with politics. There is a wave of mourning among his supporters due to his death.
