Rhiti Tiwari – daughter of Delhi BJP leader, singer and actor Manoj Tiwari – joined the saffron party on Saturday. Speaking to the media after joining the party, Rhiti Tiwari said that she was shocked as she was not aware of God's plan, adding that she thought that after 10-15 years, this was in the cards for her lay ahead.
Rhiti, 22, said she will make sure she doesn't disappoint anyone.
“I was not aware of God's plan. I didn't think it would happen today or anytime soon. I thought this was in store for me, probably after 10-15 years. But President Sahab (JP Nadda) saw something in it Now I will make sure that I don't disappoint anyone,” Rhiti said.
Rhiti, who works at an NGO, is the daughter of Rani Tiwari, the first wife of the sitting MP from Northeast Delhi. She is also a singer and songwriter.
The Manoj Tiwari leader married his first wife Rani Tiwari in 1999. They have a daughter, Rhiti. The BJP leader and his first wife divorced in 2011 after 11 years of marriage. In 2020, Manoj married Surabhi for the second time. The MP and Surabhi are parents of two children.
It is also important to note that Rhiti made her first political debut on Saturday by joining his father's election campaign.
Bhojpuri film star Manoj Tiwari hails from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. He joined politics in 2009 and contested the general elections as the Samajwadi Party candidate from Gorakhpur Lok Sabha, but lost to Yogi Adityanath, who later became chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.
In 2014, Manoj Tiwari joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and contested the Lok Sabha elections from the Northeast Delhi constituency. While he defeated Anand Kumar of Aam Aadmi Party and became an MP. He was appointed president of the Delhi BJP in 2016. In the 2019 general elections, he defeated Congress candidate Sheila Dikshit in the North East Delhi constituency by a margin of 3.63 lakh votes. He is contesting against Congress' Kanhaiya Kumar in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, which will be held in a single phase on May 25.
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Published: May 5, 2024 8:02 PM IST