Tiwari got attracted to Hindutva in the 1990s, in his teens he organized a groups of 'Young Hindutva Warriors' who marched from Lucknow to Ayodhya and participated in the demolition of the Mosque at the disputed religious site. He later joined the Bajrang Dal, and was said to admire leaders such as Ashok Singhal, Lal Krishna Advani, Sadhvi Rithambara and Uma Bharati.