Shiv Pratap Shukla (born 1 April 1952) is an Indian politician and was the Minister of State for Finance in the First Modi ministry. He is Member of Parliament in the upper house (Rajya Sabha) of the Indian Parliament. He represents the state of Uttar Pradesh.

Contents

• 1 Political career
  • 1.1 ABVP to Bharatiya Janata Party
  • 1.2 Minister of state in the BJP government
• 2 References
• 3 External links

Political career

ABVP to Bharatiya Janata Party

Shukla campaigned in the General Elections in 1989 and was elected a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative *embly, defeating Shri Sunil Shashtri of INC. He was elected as Member of the Legislative *embly four consecutive times in 1989, 1991, 1993 and 1996.

Minister of state in the BJP government

Shukla was appointed as a state minister in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led governments in Uttar Pradesh. He was appointed as the cabinet Minister for Jails 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 in year 1998–2002 under BJP government of Rajnath Singh.

References

External links

• Official Site of Legislature in Uttar Pradesh