Rajan Tiwari (born 1974) is an Indian politician and a former Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. He contested his first election as an

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in the year

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and got elected to the

Bihar Legislative Assembly The Bihar Legislative Assembly, also known as the Bihar Vidhan Sabha, is the lower house of the bicameral Bihar Legislature of the state of Bihar in India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is ...

from the

Govindganj Assembly constituency Govindganj Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purvi Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar. Overview As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 14. Govindganj Assembly c ...

. He was defeated by Meena Dwivedi of

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Family

Rajan Tiwari is the son of Kanti Devi Tiwari (mother) and Vishwajeewan Ram Tiwari (father). Rajan Tiwari belongs to the Hindu Pandit community and originally hails from

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. His younger brother Raju Tiwari was elected as an MLA from the Govindganj constituency in Bihar on the ticket of

Lok Janshakti Party The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP, ) was a state political party mainly based in the state of Bihar, India. The party was formed in 2000 when Ram Vilas Paswan split from Janata Dal. The party had a considerable following amongst Dalits in Bihar. ...

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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.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tiwari, Rajan Bihar MLAs 2000–2005 Living people Lok Janshakti Party politicians 1974 births People from East Champaran district