Ashthabhuja Prasad Shukla
Introduction '''Ashthabhuja Prasad Shukla''' (born 20 December 1955) is an Indian politician. He represented the Khalilabad constituency in the Lok Sabha during 1991-1996 (10th Lok Sabha). He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Early life Shukla was born in Katar Soyam village in Sant Kabir Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh to Shri Kapil Dev Shukla and Smt. Phoolmati Devi in a Brahmin family. He received a postgraduate degree in Political Science from St. Andrews Gorakhpur. In 1977, he was elected General Secretary of the student's union of St. Andrews P.G. College in Gorakhpur.In 1973, he joined Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Shukla spent considerable time in prison during the Emergency. This is where he developed close relations with Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He took part in the Ram Janmabhoomi movement. He would be an active member of any national movement that would be organized anywhere in the country. One such movement was the Indian flag hoisting at Lal Chowk in Srinagar alongside Murli Manohar Joshi.
Political career His political career began when he was elected as the President of Students Union at TDM Gorakhpur in 1973 and later as General Secretary of Students Union at St. Andrews P.G. College in 1977.He was elected to the 10th Lok Sabha for the first time in 1991 from Khalilabad, Uttar Pradesh after defeating Surendra Yadav of the Janata Dal by a close margin. He completed his 5 year term in 1996.He contested for Loksabha elections again in 1999.He also contested for Vidhan Sabha elections from Basti in 2007.He was in charge of the BJP cell of Gorkahpur from 2010-2012.He was again made in charge of the BJP cell of Deoria district from 2012-2015.He is currently member of the Rashtriya Parishad of Bharatiya Janta Party.+Positions HeldCityDurationPresident Students Union, TDM GorakhpurGorakhpur1973 - 1974General Secretary, Students Union, St. Andrews P.G. CollegeGorakhpur1977 - 1978Sangathan Mantri, Vidyarthi Parishad, KashiVaransi1978 - 1982President, B.J.P. Yuva Morcha, Gorakhpur MahanagarGorakhpur1983 - 1985Pradesh Sanyojak, Janta Vidyarthi morcha1985 - 1988General Secretary, Jila Sangathan, B.J.P BastiBasti1989 - 1992Member of Pradesh Karyasamiti, B.J.P1991 - PresentMember Of Parliament, 10th Loksabha, KhalilabadKhalilabad1991 - 1996General Secretary, Jila Sangathan, BastiBasti1992 - 1997Pradesh Sanyojak Kesariya Vahini, B.J.P1992Vibhag Sanyojak, B.J.P , BastiBasti1998 - 2005Kshetriya Adyaksh, B.J.P, GorakhpurGorakhpur2010 - 2012Jila Prabhari, B.J.P , DeoriaDeoria2012 - 2015Prabhari, Sangathanatmak Chunav, BulandsharBulandshar2017Prabhari, Nagar Palika Chunav, Hata, KushinagarKushinagar2018Prabhari, Sangathanatmak Chunav, B.J.P AyodhyaAyodhya2019 - 2020Member of Rashtriya Parishad2020 - Present
Personal life He married Smt. Savitri Shukla on 21 June 1978 and they have a son and three daughters. He was a resident of Katar Soyam village for majority of his life. Currently he lives in Basti, Uttar Pradesh. One remarkable milestone he achieved is that all his children are post-graduates in various streams. His son Dr. Vivekanand Shukla holds a Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from Madan Mohan Malviya University Gorakhpur.
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