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Who is Manoj Tiwari

Bhojpuri actor and singer-turned-politician Manoj Tiwari is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its Delhi unit president. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Tiwari defeated Sheila Dikshit, a Congress veteran and former Delhi chief minister, from the North East Delhi constituency by 363,000 votes.
 
Born on 1 February 1971, Tiwari is one of the six children of Chandradev Tiwari and Lalita Devi. Coming from Atarwalia, a remote village in Bihar's Kaimur district, Tiwari holds an MPEd degree from Varanasi’s Banaras Hindu University (BHU).
 
Among the biggest names in the flourishing Bhojpuri cinema market, Tiwari charged as much as $90,000 per film, BBC reported in 2005.
 
Tiwari made his political debut in 2009, contesting the Lok Sabha elections held that year from Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur constituency on a Samajwadi Party ticket. He, however, lost to Yogi Adityanath.
 
He switched over to the BJP in 2013 and contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from North East Delhi. He defeated the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP's) Anand Kumar by a margin of 144,084 votes.
 
Appointed the president of the BJP's Delhi unit in 2016, Tiwari led his party to a record victory in the 2017 Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) election. Ahead of the 2020 Delhi Assembly election, there has been a buzz that Tiwari could be one of the possible chief ministerial candidates of the BJP. The party, however, has not officially named any chief ministerial face so far.
 

Latest Updates on Manoj Tiwari

AAP filed a complaint with the state election commission against BJP MP Manoj Tiwari and others in connection with alleged death threats to Delhi CM

Updated On: 25 Nov 2022 | 4:49 PM IST

Delhi BJP leader Manoj Tiwari claimed that AAP worker Sandeep Bhardwaj was killed

Updated On: 25 Nov 2022 | 2:48 PM IST

BJP leader Manoj Tiwari says concerned about Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's safety, alleges AAP reading 'old conspiracy script' against his party

Updated On: 25 Nov 2022 | 12:06 PM IST

BJP MP Manoj Tiwari demanded a probe against people meeting the jailed Delhi Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Satyendar Jain in Tihar Jail and said that these people need to be identified

Updated On: 20 Nov 2022 | 10:11 PM IST

Delhi BJP MP Manoj Tiwari questioned the Aam Adami Party (AAP) over the video showing party minister Satyendar Jain getting a massage inside his jail cell

Updated On: 20 Nov 2022 | 2:07 PM IST

Jyotiraditya Scindia said a through probe into Jharkhand's Deoghar airport row, in which nine people including BJP MPs Nishikant Dubey and Manoj Tiwari have been booked, will reveal the truth

Updated On: 04 Sep 2022 | 10:30 AM IST

Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta charged that opposition parties were giving a "political colour to the removal of rioters' encroachments

Updated On: 21 Apr 2022 | 8:49 AM IST

BJP MP Manoj Tiwari slammed Arvind Kejriwal, alleging that the AAP-led government in the national capital miserably failed in improving the condition of schools and dispensaries

Updated On: 25 Jan 2022 | 10:51 PM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Manoj Tiwari on Tuesday informed that he has tested positive for COVID-19 and has "mild fever and cold".

Updated On: 04 Jan 2022 | 12:03 PM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party MP Manoj Tiwari on Monday rode a boat in toxic foam-covered Yamuna in the national capital

Updated On: 08 Nov 2021 | 2:40 PM IST

BJP MP Manoj Tiwari urged the Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal to allow the devotees to celebrate Chhath Puja while following Covid-19 protocols and said he will not accept a complete ban

Updated On: 10 Oct 2021 | 7:44 AM IST

BJP Lok Sabha MP from North East Delhi, Manoj Tiwari, tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday

Updated On: 23 Apr 2021 | 7:02 AM IST

The Supreme Court stayed the order passed by a trial court here summoning BJP MP Manoj Tiwari, party MLA Vijender Gupta and others on a defamation complaint filed by Delhi's Deputy CM Manish Sisodia.

Updated On: 27 Jan 2021 | 8:24 PM IST

Tiwary struck a 39-ball 61 to help Mohun Bagan secure a facile 17-run victory over Customs on Tuesday, as cricket returned to the iconic Eden Gardens amid COVID-19 with the Bengal T20 Challenge

Updated On: 24 Nov 2020 | 10:02 PM IST

With just 10 days remaining for first phase of Bihar elections, Manoj Tiwari started the election campaign for the Bharatiya Janata Party in the state on Sunday

Updated On: 19 Oct 2020 | 7:06 AM IST

Delhi BJP MP Manoj Tiwari on Monday demanded the arrest of eight Rajya Sabha members and registration of cases against them for creating ruckus

Updated On: 22 Sep 2020 | 1:18 AM IST

The Supreme Court in its order on August 31 had ordered the removal of around 48,000 slums along the nearly 140-km railway tracks in Delhi within three months

Updated On: 13 Sep 2020 | 11:14 AM IST

Even for the most optimistic supporters, Gupta, 50, former mayor of North Delhi Municipal Corporation and sitting councillor, cannot promise a miracle

Updated On: 07 Jun 2020 | 7:43 PM IST

Scindia's exit from the Congress brought about the fall of the Madhya Pradesh government

Updated On: 02 Jun 2020 | 11:19 PM IST

Adesh Kumar Gupta to be new president of the Bharatiya Janata Party's Delhi unit

Updated On: 03 Jun 2020 | 7:23 AM IST