Shiv Pratap Shukla
Shiv Pratap Shukla | |
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In office 5 July 2016 – 5 July 2022 | |
Preceded by | Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, BJP |
Succeeded by | Kapil Sibal |
Constituency | Uttar Pradesh |
Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Party (U.P.) | |
In office 2012–2017 | |
Cabinet Minister, Government of Uttar Pradesh | |
In office 21 September 1997 – 8 March 2002 | |
Chief Minister | |
Gorakhpur | |
Personal details | |
Born | Gorakhpur University | 1 April 1952
Occupation | Lawyer |
Shiv Pratap Shukla (born 1 April 1952) is an Indian politician and statesman. Currently, he is the
Political career
Member of Legislative Assembly
Shukla campaigned in the General Elections in 1989 and was elected a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, defeating Shri Sunil Shastri of INC.[3] He was elected as Member of the Legislative Assembly four consecutive times in 1989, 1991, 1993 and 1996.[3]
Minister of state in the BJP government
Shukla was appointed a state minister in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led governments in Uttar Pradesh. He was appointed the cabinet Minister for Jails[4][5][6] in 1996–1998 under Bharatiya Janata Party–Bahujan Samaj Party a short-lived coalition government of Mayawati & Kalyan Singh & later on appointed Minister for Rural Development [7] in year 1998–2002 under BJP government of Rajnath Singh.
References
- ^ "Samajwadi Party Wins 7 Rajya Sabha Seats in UP, Kapil Sibal Emerges Victorious".
- ^ "Shiv Pratap Shukla Gets Finance Ministry in PM Narendra Modi's Cabinet".
- ^ a b "Gorakhpur Election Results since 1977". Election Commission of India.
- ^ "The Great Lucknow Circus". Frontline. 15–28 November 1997. Archived from the original on 18 October 2007.
- ^ "Jailed gangster's reach gobsmacks UP police". Rediff. 17 December 1998.
- ^ "BJP bandh stirs up trouble in UP towns". Rediff. 23 February 1998.
- ^ R Swaminathan (22 February 2002). "Neither Ram nor Rahim, Gorakhpur voters seek solution to problem of floods". Rediff.