Ritesh Tiwari

Ritesh Tiwari (born 14 June 1971) is an Indian politician who has been elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly since 2026 from the Kashipur-Belgachhia constituency. Before that, he was the vice-president of Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal.

Tiwari was born in Kolkata on 14 June 1971. He currently resides in Cossipore, West Bengal. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Calcutta in 2003. He joined the BJP in 1989. He was the vice-president of the state BJP in West Bengal. Previously, he contested in 2014 and 2016 from Chowrangee seat, but lost to Nyana Bandopadhyay twice.

In 2022, he was suspended for anti-party activities. Later in 2025, after Samik Bhattacharya became party president, Tiwari's suspension was revoked. In 2026, he won the Kashipur-Belgachhia Assembly constituency from the incumbent Atin Ghosh, who was the Kolkata's Deputy mayor, by a margin of 1681 votes.