Career
His name has been mentioned in Guinness World for winning continuous from 1980 without losing till date. He was the state minister of Uttar Pradesh from 1984 to 1989. In 2007 election, Tiwari defeated Kunwar Viggyat Singh of the Samajwadi Party (SP) by a huge margin and in 2012 election, he defeated Hira Madi Patel of Bahujan Samajwadi Party by 31,544 votes.
On 6 June 2012, the Congress removed him as the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader and replaced him with Pradeep Mathur, a three-term Modern Language Association from Mathura.
He was the minister of Uttar Pradesh from 1984 to 1989. He was also the Congress legislature party leader for a record time.