Karuna Shukla (1 August 1950 – 27 April 2021) was a member of the

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Biography

She represented the Janjgir constituency of

Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh (; ) is a landlocked States and union territories of India, state in Central India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the List ...

and was a member of the

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(BJP) political party till 2013. She lost the 2009 elections from Korba to

Charan Das Mahant Charan Das Mahant (born 13 December 1954) is an Indian politician from Indian National Congress who serves as the Opposition Leader in the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly. He was the member of the Indian Parliament, representing Korba consti ...

of the Indian National Congress who was minister at union govt. She resigned from the BJP on 25 October 2013 citing that the party was "allegedly under the grip of power politics". Karuna was the niece of former Prime Minister

Atal Bihari Vajpayee Atal Bihari Vajpayee (25 December 1924 – 16 August 2018) was an Indian poet, writer and statesman who served as the prime minister of India, first for a term of 13 days in 1996, then for a period of 13 months from 1998 ...

. After having ended her 32-year-long association with BJP, on 27 February 2014, she joined

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and contested 2014 Loksabha election from Bilaspur constituency in

. She was defeated by BJP's Lakhan Lal Sahu by a margin of 176,436 votes. She contested 2018 Chhattisgarh Vidhan sabha election from

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, but lost. She was defeated by former Chief minister Sri

Raman Singh Raman Singh (born 15 October 1952) is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the speaker of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly since 2023. Formerly, he served as the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh and holding the position for thre ...

. On April 27, 2021, she died from

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.Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s niece, former MP, Karuna Shukla dies of Covid-19
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