Shivanand Tiwari (born 1943) is a prominent politician from Bhojpur district,

Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Be ...

who was a member and an officer of the

Janata Dal (United) Janata Dal (United) ("People’s Party (United)”) abbreviated as JD(U) is an Indian political party with political presence mainly in eastern and north-eastern India. JD(U) is recognised as a state party in the states of Bihar , Arunachal Pra ...

political party, which he represented in the

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. First he was a prominent leader and spokesperson of

Lalu Prasad Yadav Lalu Prasad Yadav (born 11 June 1948) is an Indian politician and president of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). He is a former List of Chief Ministers of Bihar, Chief Minister of Bihar (1990-1997), a former Ministry of Railways (India), Railway ...

Rashtriya Janata Dal The Rashtriya Janata Dal ( RJD; translation: ''National People's Party'') is an Indian political party, based in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Kerala. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav. The party's support base has tradit ...

party. Later he was the General Secretary and spokesman for the JD (U). 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. After his stint with Nitish's Janata Dal (U), he re-joined Lalu Prasad Yadav's RJD.

Posts held

, Tiwari has held the following posts: * 1996 - Member,

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from Shahpur- Janata Dal. * 2000 - Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly (second term) from Shahpur -

RJD The Rashtriya Janata Dal ( RJD; translation: ''National People's Party'') is an Indian political party, based in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Kerala. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav. The party's support base has tradit ...

. * 2000-2005 Cabinet Minister for Excise and Prohibition, Government of Bihar. *2005 - Won Feb 2005 Legislative Assembly election from Shahpur, lost the Oct 2005 elections from the same seat on RJD ticket. * May 2008 to April 2014 - Member, Rajya Sabha from

JD(U) Janata Dal (United) ("People’s Party (United)”) abbreviated as JD(U) is an Indian political party with political presence mainly in eastern and north-eastern India. JD(U) is recognised as a state party in the states of Bihar , Arunachal Pr ...

. * Joint Parliamentary Committee on Wakf * August 2008 - Member, Committee on Finance and Member, Consultative Committee for the

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Also see

List of politicians from Bihar This is a list of politicians from Bihar, India. It includes leaders from different political parties. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Politicians from Bihar Bihar-related lists Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tiwari, Shivanand 1943 births Living people Bihar MLAs 1995–2000 People from Bhojpur district, India Janata Dal (United) politicians Rajya Sabha members from Bihar Bihar MLAs 2000–2005 Rashtriya Janata Dal politicians Bihari politicians