Kamlesh Shukla is an Indian politician and a member of

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. He represents the Rampur Karkhana Assembly constituency in

Deoria district Deoria district, one of the districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh, India has its headquarters located at Deoria and is a part of Gorakhpur division. It came into existence on 16 March 1946 from Gorakhpur district. During British rule the distr ...

of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the

Bhartiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's Bharatiya Jana Sangh. Since 2014, ...

Early life and education

Shukla was born 8 October 1952 in Deoria,

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to his father Ramnaresh Shukla. He married Tara Devi, they have three sons and one daughter. He belongs to

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family. He had 8th Passed from Aditya Nath Jha Inter College, Rudrapur.

Political career

Shukla has been MLA for one term. Since 2017, he represents Rampur Karkhana constituency as a member of

. He defeated

Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; ) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India. It was founded on 4 October 1992 by former Janata Dal politician Mulayam Singh Yadav and is headquartered in New Delhi. It is the third-largest political party in ...

candidate Fasiha Manzer Ghazala Lari by a margin of 9,987 votes.

Posts held

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shukla, Kamlesh Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh People from Deoria district Living people Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022 1952 births