Rajendra Shukla (born 3 August 1964) is an Indian politician of the

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and Deputy Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh alongside with Jagadish Devda under Mohan Yadav and

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from Rewa constituency of

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. He is son of Late Shri Bhaiyalal Shukla, renowned civil contractor of Baghelkhand Region. He is a Minister in

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Personal

Rajendra Shukla one of the eminent politicians Of Madhya Pradesh was born on 3 August 1964 in Rewa. His father Bhaiyalal Shukla was a contractor and social worker. He studied at Government school and holds bachelor degree in

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from Government Engineering College Rewa. With leadership qualities blooming in his young age only, he became the president of Government Engineering College Student Union in 1986.

Political career

He was president of Government Engineering College Student Union in 1986. He made his way into politics through Congress and was the Treasurer of MP Youth Congress. Later he moved to Bhartiya Janta Party and joined electoral politics contesting 1998 assembly election, which he lost to INC candidate Pushparaj Singh by a close margin of 1394 votes. He got elected to assembly for the first time in 2003, defeating incumbent Pushparaj Singh. He repeated his victory again in 2008 and 2013 Madhya Pradesh assembly election. In his tenure as an MLA, he served under different ministries including forestry, biodiversity/biotechnology, mineral resources and law and legislative affairs. He also took charge as a cabinet minister in 2023 under Shivaraj Singh Chauhan Government. In 2018 in spite of anti-incumbency against him, he won against INC candidate Abhay Mishra by a margin of 18,089 votes. He took oath as a cabinet minister just before assembly election 2023 under Shivraj Singh Chouhan Government on August 26, 2023.

Election

In the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election 2008 he defeated the

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candidates Dr Mujib Khan and Rajendra Sharma, respectively. Previously in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election 2003 he defeated sitting

MLA and Minister Pushpraj Singh, after losing the previous election to him in 1998.

Notable Works

* White Tiger Safari & Zoo Mukundpur * Rewa Ultra Mega Solar * Rewa Airport

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shukla, Rajendra People from Madhya Pradesh People from Rewa, Madhya Pradesh Living people Madhya Pradesh MLAs 2003–2008 Madhya Pradesh MLAs 2008–2013 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Madhya Pradesh 1964 births Madhya Pradesh MLAs 2023–2028 Deputy chief ministers of Madhya Pradesh