Bhishma Shankar Tiwari

 Bhishma Shankar "Kushal" Tiwari (born 30 September 1960) is an Indian politician and is Member of Parliament of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Sant Kabir Nagar constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bahujan Samaj Party political party.

Life and education
Tiwari was born in Tanda to Hari Shankar Tiwari and Ramlali Devi. His highest attained education is intermediate. By profession, he is a farmer. His brother is politician Vinay Shankar Tiwari. Tiwari married Reena Tripathi on 6 June 1986. They have two sons and two daughters.

Political career
Tiwari started his political career as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, on whose ticket he contested the Lok Sabha elections from Balrampur in Eastern Uttar Pradesh.