Amitesh Shukla (born 12 September 1957) is an Indian National Congress politician from

Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh (, ) is a landlocked state in Central India. It is the ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the seventeenth most populous. It borders seven states – Uttar Pradesh to the north, Madhya Prade ...

, India. He served as Minister of Rural Development in the

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in 2000–2003. He is the incumbent

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of the

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from Rajim, having been elected in

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He was also the most senior leader who did not get any Ministry. He was elected to the same seat in 1999 (bypoll) and

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previously.

Personal life

Amitesh Shukla was born on 12 September 1957 in

Gariaband Gariaband is a town and a Nagar Palika in Gariaband district in the state of Chhattisgarh, India. It is district headquarter of the Gariaband district. The nearest river that flows to this town is the Pairi River, which is 4 km away from ...

.https://myrajneta.com/profile/amitesh-shukla His father

Shyama Charan Shukla Shyama Charan Shukla (27 February 1925 – 14 February 2007) was an Indian National Congress politician and thrice Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. Personal life Shyama Charan Shukla was born on 27 February 1925 in Raipur. His father Ravi ...

was an Indian National Congress politician and served thrice as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. His grandfather

Ravishankar Shukla Ravishankar Shukla (2 August 1877 — 31 December 1956) was a leader of the Indian National Congress, Indian independence movement activist, the Premier of the Central Provinces and Berar from 27 April 1946 to 25 January 1950, first Chief Minist ...

was a lawyer, an INC politician from

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and the

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Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. His uncle

Vidya Charan Shukla Vidya Charan Shukla (2 August 1929 – 11 June 2013) was an Indian politician whose political career spanned six decades. He was predominantly a member of the Indian National Congress, but also had spells in Jan Morcha, Janata Dal, Samaj ...

, was also an INC politician, a union minister, and a nine-time Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha.

References

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