Anand Swarup Shukla is an Indian politician and a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

in India. He represents the Ballia Nagar constituency in

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and was Minister of state for Parliamentary Affairs, Rural development, Overall Village Development in Uttar Pradesh Government. He lost U.P. state election 2022. He is currently a member of the

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Early life and education

Shukla was born 6 October 1979 in

Ballia Ballia is a city with a municipal board in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The eastern boundary of the city lies at the junction of two major rivers, the Ganges and the Ghaghara.The city is situated east of Varanasi and about 380 km f ...

to his father Harihar Nath Shuklaji. He has completed

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in Mathematics,

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and

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He completed his schooling from Nagaji Saraswati Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School, Maldepur Ballia.

Political career

Shukla has been MLA for one term. Since 2017, he represents Ballia Nagar constituency as a member of Bhartiya Janata Party. In 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, he defeated Samajwadi Party candidate Laxman by a margin of 40,011 votes. He has been appointed

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in a Yogi Adityanath cabinet on 21 August 2019. In March 2021, Shukla called for the banning of the Burka in India.

Posts held

References

Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh Living people People from Ballia district 1979 births {{UttarPradesh-BJP-politician-stub