Harishankar Tiwari: The 'Bahubali' Who Became 'Brahmin Shiromani'

Tiwari, a cabinet minister between 1996 to 2007, passed away on May 16. His death marks the end of a chapter in Purvanchal's politics which was marked by the criminalisation of politics, caste-based gang war and gave rise to Brahmin-Thakur politics.

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