Shivanand Tiwari

Shivanand Tiwari (born 1943) is a prominent politician from Bhojpur district, Bihar who was a member of the Janata Dal (United) political party, which he represented in the Rajya Sabha. First he was a prominent leader and spokesperson of Lalu Prasad Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal 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.

As of April 2014^[update], Tiwari has held the following posts:

• 1996 - Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly from Shahpur - Janata Dal
• 2000 - Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly (second term) from Shahpur - RJD
• 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)
• Joint Parliamentary Committee on Wakf^{[clarification needed]}
• August 2008 - Member, Committee on Finance and Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Home Affairs

• List of politicians from Bihar