In this March 3, 2014 file photo Rohit Shekhar Tiwari is seen with his father and former Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand chief minister late ND Tiwari, at a press conference in New D...
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Congress President Rahul Gandhi pays his last respects to party veteran ND Tiwari at his residence in New Delhi.
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Former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi pay her last respects to party veteran ND Tiwari at his residence in New Delhi.
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Congress President Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, former PM Manmohan Singh and other leaders arrive to pay their last respects to party veteran ND Tiwari at his residence in New Delhi...
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Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad interacts with family members of party veteran ND Tiwari after paying his last respects to him at his residence in New Delhi.
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File photo of Congress veteran ND Tiwari who passed away at a hospital in New Delhi. He was 92.
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UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath visits former CM ND Tiwari admitted at Lohia Medical Science Institute, in Lucknow.
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BJP National President Amit Shah greets former Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh chief minister and a senior Congress leader, Narayan Dutt Tiwari who along with his son Rohit Shekhar j...
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Former Chief Minister ND Tiwari with his son Rohit Sekhar and wife Ujjwala Sharma meeting with a group of protesters agitating for pension at Shaheed Sthal, in Dehradun.
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The official residence of former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Narayan Dutt Tiwari at 1, Mall Avenue, in Lucknow.
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N.D. Tiwari, for becoming a father 30-odd years after the fact, and then marrying at the age of 88.
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Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik with veteran Congress leader N D Tiwari in Lucknow.
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Congress Politician N D Tiwari with son Rohit Shekher on the occasion of Father's Day, in Lucknow.
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Veteran Congress leader and former Andhra Pradesh Governor N D Tiwari (89) gets married to Ujjwala Sharma, mother of his biological son Rohit Shekhar at a simple ceremony at his re...
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BJP President Rajnath Singh with veteran Congress leader and former UP CM Narayan Dutt Tiwari at his residence in Lucknow.
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Veteran Congress politician ND Tiwari with Rohit Shekhar after accepting him as his son, at a press conference in New Delhi.
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Veteran Congress politician ND Tiwari pats on Rohit Shekhar after accepting him as his son, at a press conference in New Delhi.
The newspapers, however, could not confirm whether the charges against the governor pertain to his earlier stint in another state or are related to his fresh tenure.
According to reports, Tiwari had been seeking a ticket for his son Rohit Shekhar from the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand with the BJP said to have agreed to his condition.
The Congress, with its shrinking but small and loyal voter base, could play a significant role to soar up the collective fortunes of the anti-BJP camp as well as win a dignified number of seats for itself.