Manoj Tiwari

Manoj Kumar Tiwari (born 1 February 1971) is an Indian politician, singer and actor. He is serving as a Member of Parliament from North East Delhi since 2014. Tiwari contested the 2009 general election as a Samajwadi Party candidate from Gorakhpur Lok Sabha but lost to Yogi Adityanath. In 2014, he joined Bharatiya Janata Party and contested in 2014 Indian general elections and won. He was appointed as Delhi BJP president in 2016. He was the head of the BJP organisation in Delhi when the party recorded a record victory in 2017 MCD elections.

Early life Born on 1 February 1971 in Kabir Chaura locality of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, Tiwari is one of the six children of Chandradev Tiwari and Lalita Devi. He is from Atarwalia, a small village in Kaimur district of Bihar. Tiwari completed his M.P.Ed. degree from Banaras Hindu University. He followed this with the films Daroga Babu I Love You and Bandhan Toote Na.

The BBC reported in 2005 that Tiwari and Ravi Kishan were the biggest male stars in the Bhojpuri cinema market and that Tiwari charged around 90,000 per film.

Politics In 2009, Tiwari contested elections for the 15th Lok Sabha as a candidate for the Samajwadi Party in the Gorakhpur constituency. He had been offered a choice of three constituencies and Zee News reported him as saying that he was not "a political person but was concerned for the development of Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh." He lost to Yogi Adityanath.

His house in Mumbai was allegedly attacked in November 2009 by an irate mob about remarks that they claimed he had made about Shiv Sena. Tiwari denied the allegations.

In January 2011 Mid-Day reported that the BJP might invite him to join their party and that the association with him would assist their electoral efforts among North Indians. Tiwari dismissed the story as being hypothetical, although he would consider his options should an invitation emerge. He had been seen with BJP leaders at an event and had expressed admiration for Shatrughan Sinha, the BJP MP for Patna Sahib.

Tiwari was active in the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement and supported Ramdev's hunger strike at the Ramlila Ground protests and protested the arrest of Anna Hazare.

He went on to win the North East Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency) in the 2014 Indian general elections from BJP. He defeated the AAP candidate with a margin of 1,44,084 votes.

In 2019 general elections, Tiwari, a BJP candidate won against Indian National Congress candidate Sheila Dikshit in the North East Delhi constituency of Delhi by a margin of 3.63 lakh votes.

The Delhi government had decided to stop the production, storage, sale, and use of all types of firecrackers to reduce the rising levels of pollution in Delhi. In September 2022, Tiwari moved to the Supreme Court against the Delhi government. Tiwari said that that freedom of religion cannot be taken away under the pretext of the right to life. The Supreme Court refused to provide an early hearing for the petition and dismissed the plea saying, "Let people breathe clean air". The Supreme Court also asked the public to use the money on sweets instead of crackers.

In the 2024 General Elections, Manoj Tiwari retained the North East Delhi Lok Sabha seat, defeating former JNU Student Union President and Congress candidate Kanhaiya Kumar by a margin of 138,778 votes.

Personal life Manoj Tiwari married his first wife Rani Tiwari in 1999. They divorced in 2012.

Discography

Filmography Year Title Role Ref 2003 Sasura Bada Paisawala Raja 2004 Daroga Babu I Love You Humke Maafi Dei Da 2005 Bandhan Toote Na Kishan Dharti Putra 2006 Raja Thakur Dharti Kahe Pukar Ke Arjun Damadji Dehati Babu Mangru Ganga Bajrangi 2007 Naihar Ke Maado Piya Ke Chunari Munna Pandey Berojgaar Tu Hamaar Hau Janam Janam Ke Saath Gangotri: Ganga 2 Bajrangi 2008 Bhole Shankar Bhole International Daroga Deshdrohi Shekhar Ae Bhouji Ke Sister 2011 Elaan 2013 Gobar Singh 2014 Devra Bhail Deewana 2018Yadav Pan Bhandar

Television Year Name Role Channel Notes Ref 2010 Bigg Boss 4 Contestant Colors TV Entered Day 1, Evicted Day 62 2012 Bharat Ki Shaan: Singing Star (Season 2) Host DD National 2012 Sur Sangram (Season 1 and 2) Host 2013 Welcome – Baazi Mehmaan Nawazi Ki Contestant Life OKAlong with Sanaya Irani, Andy Kumar 2018 Nehle Pe DehlaHost