Pradeep Shukla is an Indian politician and a member of 18th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh representing Sahajanwa. He is a member of the

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

Personal life

Shukla was born to Satyadev and hails from

Gorakhpur Gorakhpur is a city in the List of state and union territory capitals in India, Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, along the banks of the West Rapti River, Rapti river in the Purvanchal , Purvanchal region. It is situated 272 kilometres east of ...

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 Elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh from 2022 elections in India, 10 February to 7 March 2022 in seven phases to elect all List of constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, 403 m ...

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

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 ...

and succeeding party member Sheetal Pandey in the process.

References

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