Shiv Pratap Shukla
Shiv Pratap Shukla 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 of the Indian Parliament. He represents the state of Uttar Pradesh. He was appointed Vice President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh in February 2012 under the presidency of Surya Pratap Shahi. He is known for his work during his tenure as the Cabinet Minister in the state of Uttar Pradesh, when he initiated an Education for all scheme which tied together ten districts for the first time and for his efforts to reform conditions for prisoners, and various Rural Development Schemes.Political career
Shukla campaigned in the General Elections in 1989 and was elected a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, defeating Shri Sunil Shashtri of INC. He was elected as Member of the Legislative Assembly four consecutive times in 1989, 1991, 1993 and 1996.Shukla was appointed as a state minister in Bharatiya Janata Party 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.
