Pradeep Shukla is an Indian politician and a member of

18th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh 18 (eighteen) is the natural number following 17 and preceding 19. In mathematics * Eighteen is a composite number, its divisors being 1, 2, 3, 6 and 9. Three of these divisors (3, 6 and 9) add up to 18, hence 18 is a semiperfect number. ...

representing Sahajanwa. He is a member of the

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Personal life

Shukla was born to Satyadev and hails from

Gorakhpur Gorakhpur is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, along the banks of the Rapti river in the Purvanchal region. It is situated 272 kilometers east of the state capital Lucknow. It is the administrative headquarters of Gorakhpur dist ...

city of

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. He completed his graduation from Shri Guru Ji Golanalkar School Khorabar, Gorakhpur in 2005 and is a businessperson.

Political career

As a

candidate from Sahajanwa in the

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Uttar Pradesh from 10 February to 7 March 2022 in seven phases to elect all 403 members for the 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 10 M ...

, Shukla received 105,981 votes, defeating rival Yashpal Singh Rawat of

Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; translation: ''Socialist Party'', founded 4 October 1992) is a socialist political party in India, headquartered in New Delhi but mainly based in Uttar Pradesh, with significant presence in other states as well. With ...

and succeeding party member

Sheetal Pandey Sheetal Pandey is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a one-term member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, representing the Sahajanwa constituency in Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh from 2017 to 202 ...

in the process.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shukla, Pradeep 1980s births Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2022–2027 People from Gorakhpur