{ "id": "ep8t22cvtd", "slug": "mithilesh-tiwari", "title": "Mithilesh Tiwari", "updated": "2026-10-15", "topic_path": [ { "id": "society", "label": "Society and history", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/society" }, { "id": "society.politics", "label": "Politics and government", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/society.politics" }, { "id": "society.politics.institutions", "label": "Government and public administration", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/society.politics.institutions" }, { "id": "society.politics.institutions.politicians_and_officeholders", "label": "Politicians and government officeholders (biographies)", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/society.politics.institutions.politicians_and_officeholders" }, { "id": "society.politics.institutions.politicians_and_officeholders.north-indian-politicians", "label": "North Indian politicians", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/society.politics.institutions.politicians_and_officeholders.north-indian-politicians" }, { "id": "society.politics.institutions.politicians_and_officeholders.north-indian-politicians.bihar-politicians", "label": "Bihar politicians", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/society.politics.institutions.politicians_and_officeholders.north-indian-politicians.bihar-politicians" }, { "id": "society.politics.institutions.politicians_and_officeholders.north-indian-politicians.bihar-politicians.ministers", "label": "Chief ministers and ministers", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/society.politics.institutions.politicians_and_officeholders.north-indian-politicians.bihar-politicians.ministers" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.ind.t2021.society.politics.institutions.politicians_and_officeholders.north-indian-politicians.bihar-politicians", "label": "India · 2021 and later: Bihar politicians", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.ind.t2021.society.politics.institutions.politicians_and_officeholders.north-indian-politicians.bihar-politicians", "path": [ { "id": "geo.ind", "label": "India", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.ind" }, { "id": "geo.ind.t2021", "label": "India · 2021 and later", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.ind.t2021" }, { "id": "geo.ind.t2021.society", "label": "Society and history", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.ind.t2021.society" }, { "id": "geo.ind.t2021.society.politics", "label": "Politics and government", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.ind.t2021.society.politics" }, { "id": "geo.ind.t2021.society.politics.institutions", "label": "Government and public administration", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.ind.t2021.society.politics.institutions" }, { "id": "geo.ind.t2021.society.politics.institutions.politicians_and_officeholders", "label": "Politicians and government officeholders (biographies)", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.ind.t2021.society.politics.institutions.politicians_and_officeholders" }, { "id": "geo.ind.t2021.society.politics.institutions.politicians_and_officeholders.north-indian-politicians", "label": "North Indian politicians", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.ind.t2021.society.politics.institutions.politicians_and_officeholders.north-indian-politicians" }, { "id": "geo.ind.t2021.society.politics.institutions.politicians_and_officeholders.north-indian-politicians.bihar-politicians", "label": "Bihar politicians", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.ind.t2021.society.politics.institutions.politicians_and_officeholders.north-indian-politicians.bihar-politicians" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Mithilesh Tiwari, born in 1971, is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party, a minister in the Bihar government and the MLA for Baikunthpur.", "snippet": "Mithilesh Tiwari, born in 1971, is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party, a minister in the Bihar government and the MLA for Baikunthpur.", "node": "society.politics.institutions.politicians_and_officeholders.north-indian-politicians.bihar-politicians.ministers", "markdown": "# Mithilesh Tiwari\n\nMithilesh Tiwari (born 1971) is an Indian politician and a member of the [Bharatiya Janata Party](https://www.edgepedia.org/bharatiya-janata-party) (BJP). He is a Minister in the Government of Bihar, though he was not given the education portfolio, as Sunil Kumar was appointed Education Minister instead,[1](https://www.amarujala.com/bihar/muzaffarpur/bihar-education-minister-mithilesh-tiwari-issues-statement-on-reservation-vaishali-news-hindi-news-muzaffarpur-news-c-1-1-noi1236-4668156-2026-08-30) and is the elected member of the [Bihar Legislative Assembly](https://www.edgepedia.org/bihar-legislative-assembly) from Baikunthpur, a seat he won in 2025.[2](https://www.abplive.com/states/bihar/mithilesh-tiwari-minister-samrat-choudhary-bihar-govt-celebration-in-gopalganj-who-is-bjp-mla-from-baikunthpur-ann-3126603) • [8](https://newsonair.gov.in/bihar-portfolios-of-different-departments-allocated-to-newly-inducted-21-ministers/) He earlier represented Baikunthpur in the assembly from 2015.[3](https://www.mithileshkrtiwari.com/biography)\n\n| Fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party[1](https://www.amarujala.com/bihar/muzaffarpur/bihar-education-minister-mithilesh-tiwari-issues-statement-on-reservation-vaishali-news-hindi-news-muzaffarpur-news-c-1-1-noi1236-4668156-2026-08-30) |\n| Current office | Minister, Government of Bihar[1](https://www.amarujala.com/bihar/muzaffarpur/bihar-education-minister-mithilesh-tiwari-issues-statement-on-reservation-vaishali-news-hindi-news-muzaffarpur-news-c-1-1-noi1236-4668156-2026-08-30); MLA, Baikunthpur (elected 2015; elected 2025[8](https://newsonair.gov.in/bihar-portfolios-of-different-departments-allocated-to-newly-inducted-21-ministers/)) |\n| Previous offices | State Minister (Krida Manch), BJP (1996); State Vice-President, BJP Bihar (1998); State Vice-President (Krida Manch), BJP (2000); State General Secretary, BJP Bihar[3](https://www.mithileshkrtiwari.com/biography) • [2](https://www.abplive.com/states/bihar/mithilesh-tiwari-minister-samrat-choudhary-bihar-govt-celebration-in-gopalganj-who-is-bjp-mla-from-baikunthpur-ann-3126603) |\n| Born | 1971, Gopalganj district, Bihar[3](https://www.mithileshkrtiwari.com/biography) |\n| Education | BA Honours in Economics, Patna[4](https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/bihar/gopalganj/mithilesh-tiwari-from-coaching-teacher-minister) |\n\n## Party affiliation\n\nTiwari has been a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party throughout his political career.[2](https://www.abplive.com/states/bihar/mithilesh-tiwari-minister-samrat-choudhary-bihar-govt-celebration-in-gopalganj-who-is-bjp-mla-from-baikunthpur-ann-3126603)\n\n## Early life and education\n\nTiwari was born in 1971 in Dumaria village in the Sidhwalia block of Gopalganj district, Bihar.[4](https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/bihar/gopalganj/mithilesh-tiwari-from-coaching-teacher-minister) • [3](https://www.mithileshkrtiwari.com/biography) According to his biography, he is the second of three brothers and two sisters born to Deo Narayan Tiwari, a fourth-grade employee in the public works department in Patna, and Krishnawati Devi.[3](https://www.mithileshkrtiwari.com/biography) He completed a BA Honours in [Economics](https://www.edgepedia.org/economics) in Patna and, early in his working life, ran a coaching institute in the city while also teaching.[4](https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/bihar/gopalganj/mithilesh-tiwari-from-coaching-teacher-minister)\n\n## Career\n\nTiwari joined the [Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad](https://www.edgepedia.org/akhil-bharatiya-vidyarthi-parishad), a student organization, in 1988 and entered active politics with the BJP in 1990.[4](https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/bihar/gopalganj/mithilesh-tiwari-from-coaching-teacher-minister) He held a series of party posts: state minister of the BJP's sports wing (Krida Manch) in 1996, state vice-president of BJP Bihar in 1998, and state vice-president of the Krida Manch in 2000.[2](https://www.abplive.com/states/bihar/mithilesh-tiwari-minister-samrat-choudhary-bihar-govt-celebration-in-gopalganj-who-is-bjp-mla-from-baikunthpur-ann-3126603) He later served as state general secretary of the BJP in Bihar.[3](https://www.mithileshkrtiwari.com/biography) News reports also list him as a member of the party's national working committee and as in charge of the party's affairs in Bihar, Bengal, Odisha, and [Jharkhand](https://www.edgepedia.org/jharkhand).[4](https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/bihar/gopalganj/mithilesh-tiwari-from-coaching-teacher-minister)\n\nThe BJP first fielded him from Kateya in the February 2005 assembly election, which he lost.[4](https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/bihar/gopalganj/mithilesh-tiwari-from-coaching-teacher-minister) In 2015, when the [Janata Dal (United)](https://www.edgepedia.org/janata-dal-united) and the BJP contested separately, the party gave him the Baikunthpur seat and he won.[2](https://www.abplive.com/states/bihar/mithilesh-tiwari-minister-samrat-choudhary-bihar-govt-celebration-in-gopalganj-who-is-bjp-mla-from-baikunthpur-ann-3126603) He received the BJP's ticket from Buxar for the 2024 [Lok Sabha](https://www.edgepedia.org/lok-sabha) election and was appointed a star campaigner for that election.[3](https://www.mithileshkrtiwari.com/biography) After winning Baikunthpur again in 2025, he was appointed a minister in the Government of Bihar without being given the education portfolio.[1](https://www.amarujala.com/bihar/muzaffarpur/bihar-education-minister-mithilesh-tiwari-issues-statement-on-reservation-vaishali-news-hindi-news-muzaffarpur-news-c-1-1-noi1236-4668156-2026-08-30) • [2](https://www.abplive.com/states/bihar/mithilesh-tiwari-minister-samrat-choudhary-bihar-govt-celebration-in-gopalganj-who-is-bjp-mla-from-baikunthpur-ann-3126603) • [8](https://newsonair.gov.in/bihar-portfolios-of-different-departments-allocated-to-newly-inducted-21-ministers/) News reports noted that Baikunthpur had not been represented by a minister in the Bihar government for 41 years.[4](https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/bihar/gopalganj/mithilesh-tiwari-from-coaching-teacher-minister)\n\n## Electoral history\n\n- **2005 (February), Kateya assembly seat:** lost to the [Bahujan Samaj Party](https://www.edgepedia.org/bahujan-samaj-party) candidate, Amrendra Kumar Pandey.[4](https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/bihar/gopalganj/mithilesh-tiwari-from-coaching-teacher-minister)\n- **2015, Baikunthpur assembly seat:** won, finishing ahead of the Janata Dal (United) and [Rashtriya Janata Dal](https://www.edgepedia.org/rashtriya-janata-dal) candidates.[2](https://www.abplive.com/states/bihar/mithilesh-tiwari-minister-samrat-choudhary-bihar-govt-celebration-in-gopalganj-who-is-bjp-mla-from-baikunthpur-ann-3126603)\n- **2020, Baikunthpur assembly seat:** lost; the RJD's Prem Shankar Prasad won the seat, after Manjit Singh contested as an independent against the [National Democratic Alliance](https://www.edgepedia.org/national-democratic-alliance).[4](https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/bihar/gopalganj/mithilesh-tiwari-from-coaching-teacher-minister)\n- **2025, Baikunthpur assembly seat:** won, defeating the RJD candidate.[2](https://www.abplive.com/states/bihar/mithilesh-tiwari-minister-samrat-choudhary-bihar-govt-celebration-in-gopalganj-who-is-bjp-mla-from-baikunthpur-ann-3126603)\n\n## Issues specific to Tiwari\n\nIn May 2026, videos of Tiwari circulated on social media and drew criticism from the [Indian Youth Congress](https://www.edgepedia.org/indian-youth-congress) and the Rashtriya Janata Dal. Responding to a video concerning remarks he had made, Tiwari said he had spoken at a demonstration demanding the release of the TRE-4 teacher recruitment vacancy. On a separate video filmed at the Kaal Bhairav temple, which the RJD linked to a ritual, he said, \"इसमें मैंने क्या गलत किया? वहां पुजारी आशीर्वाद उसी तरह से देते हैं. इसको मुद्दा क्यों बनाया जा रहा?\" (our translation: What wrong did I do in this? The priest gives blessings there in exactly that way. Why is this being made an issue?). He added, \"हम लोग तो राम जी की पूजा करते हैं.\" (our translation: We worship Ram.)[5](https://www.abplive.com/states/bihar/bihar-education-minister-mithilesh-tiwari-gives-his-clarification-on-viral-video-ann-3128334)\n\nAlso in May 2026, after students protesting over the delayed TRE-4 teacher recruitment notification and related recruitment issues marched in Patna, Tiwari told the media that the people on the road were not students but were working for someone else, and said that those who wanted to destabilize the country were not appealed to but treated with medicine. He warned students to beware of such people.[6](https://lalluram.com/education-minister-mithilesh-tiwari-controversial-statement-regarding-protesting-students/) The remarks followed a controversy in which the BPSC exam controller, Rajesh Kumar Singh, was suspended by the chief minister over a comment about protesting students.[6](https://lalluram.com/education-minister-mithilesh-tiwari-controversial-statement-regarding-protesting-students/)\n\n## Positions and voting record\n\n### Reservation\n\nSpeaking to reporters in August 2026 amid a political debate over reservation in Bihar, Tiwari said that consideration should be given to excluding children of families that have become socially and economically well-off from the benefits of reservation, while describing the reservation system established under the Constitution as mature, fair, and inclusive, and a strong basis for connecting deprived sections of society with the mainstream. He also rejected speculation of differences within the National Democratic Alliance over statements by leaders of allied parties, saying there was no rift in the coalition.[1](https://www.amarujala.com/bihar/muzaffarpur/bihar-education-minister-mithilesh-tiwari-issues-statement-on-reservation-vaishali-news-hindi-news-muzaffarpur-news-c-1-1-noi1236-4668156-2026-08-30)\n\n### Law and order\n\nResponding to incidents in Samastipur and Madhepura, Tiwari described the Jamui incident as shameful for Bihar and said the police and administration had taken major action. He said, \"अपराधियों के लिए बिहार में कोई जगह नहीं है.\" (our translation: There is no place for criminals in Bihar.) He added that strict action would be taken under the law wherever such incidents occur and that maintaining law and order was part of the government's resolve of good governance.[7](https://www.patrika.com/national-news/bihar-crime-samastipur-madhepura-mithilesh-tiwari-20932472)\n\n### Education department\n\nTiwari said in May 2026 that he was looking into why the TRE-4 teacher recruitment vacancy had been delayed and that a way forward would be found soon.[5](https://www.abplive.com/states/bihar/bihar-education-minister-mithilesh-tiwari-gives-his-clarification-on-viral-video-ann-3128334) • [8](https://newsonair.gov.in/bihar-portfolios-of-different-departments-allocated-to-newly-inducted-21-ministers/) Asked about opposition questions over more than 500 schools being renamed, he said the government had opened 511 model schools named Saraswati Vidya Niketan and asked what the problem was, adding that the color of the sun is also saffron.[6](https://lalluram.com/education-minister-mithilesh-tiwari-controversial-statement-regarding-protesting-students/)\n\n## References\n\n1. [Bihar Education Minister Mithilesh Tiwari issues statement on reservation, Amar Ujala](https://www.amarujala.com/bihar/muzaffarpur/bihar-education-minister-mithilesh-tiwari-issues-statement-on-reservation-vaishali-news-hindi-news-muzaffarpur-news-c-1-1-noi1236-4668156-2026-08-30)\n2. [Who is BJP MLA from Baikunthpur Mithilesh Tiwari, ABP Live](https://www.abplive.com/states/bihar/mithilesh-tiwari-minister-samrat-choudhary-bihar-govt-celebration-in-gopalganj-who-is-bjp-mla-from-baikunthpur-ann-3126603)\n3. [Biography, Mithilesh Kumar Tiwari official website](https://www.mithileshkrtiwari.com/biography)\n4. [Mithilesh Tiwari: coaching teacher to minister, Prabhat Khabar](https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/bihar/gopalganj/mithilesh-tiwari-from-coaching-teacher-minister)\n5. [Bihar Education Minister Mithilesh Tiwari gives his clarification on viral video, ABP Live](https://www.abplive.com/states/bihar/bihar-education-minister-mithilesh-tiwari-gives-his-clarification-on-viral-video-ann-3128334)\n6. [Education Minister Mithilesh Tiwari's statement on protesting students, Lalluram](https://lalluram.com/education-minister-mithilesh-tiwari-controversial-statement-regarding-protesting-students/)\n7. [Minister Mithilesh Tiwari on Samastipur-Madhepura incidents, Patrika](https://www.patrika.com/national-news/bihar-crime-samastipur-madhepura-mithilesh-tiwari-20932472)\n8. [Bihar: Portfolios of different departments allocated to newly inducted 21 Ministers, Akashvani News](https://newsonair.gov.in/bihar-portfolios-of-different-departments-allocated-to-newly-inducted-21-ministers/)\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Society and history › Politics and government › Government and public administration › Politicians and government officeholders (biographies) › North Indian politicians › Bihar politicians › Chief ministers and ministers*\n\n*Initially written Sep 27, 2026 · Reviewed: Sep 28, 2026; Sep 29, 2026 · Edited: Sep 28, 2026; Sep 29, 2026; Oct 12, 2026; Oct 15, 2026 · Last review: Sep 29, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n", "same_as": [], "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/mithilesh-tiwari", "markdown_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/mithilesh-tiwari.md", "license": { "name": "Edgepedia Community License 1.0", "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license", "summary": "Free with credit, commercial use included. 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