Karuna Shukla (1 August 1950 – 27 April 2021) was a member of the

14th Lok Sabha The 14th Lok Sabha (17 May 2004 – 18 May 2009) was convened after the 2004 Indian general election held in four phases during 20 April – 10 May 2004, which led to the formation of first Manmohan Singh ministry (2004–2009). Indian Nationa ...

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Biography

She represented the Janjgir constituency of

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 ...

and was a member of the

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(BJP) political party till 2013. She lost the 2009 elections from Korba to

Charan Das Mahant Charan Das Mahant (born 13 December 1954) is an Indian politician from Indian National Congress who serves as the Speaker of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly. He was the member of the Indian Parliament, representing Korba constituency. He ...

of the Indian National Congress who was minister at union govt. She resigned from the BJP on 25 October 2013 citing that the party was "allegedly under the grip of power politics". Karuna was the niece of former Prime Minister

Atal Bihari Vajpayee Atal Bihari Vajpayee (; 25 December 1924 – 16 August 2018) was an Indian politician who served three terms as the 10th prime minister of India, first for a term of 13 days in 1996, then for a period of 13 months fr ...

. After having ended her 32-year-long association with BJP, on 27 February 2014, she joined

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and contested 2014 Loksabha election from Bilaspur constituency in

. She was defeated by BJP's Lakhan Lal Sahu by a margin of 176,436 votes. She contested 2018 Chhattisgarh Vidhan sabha election from

Rajnandgaon Rajnandgaon is a city in Rajnandgaon District, in the state of Chhattisgarh, India. the population of the city was 163,122. Rajnandgaon district came into existence on 26January 1973, as a result of the division of Durg district. History O ...

, but lost. She was defeated by former Chief minister Sri

Raman Singh Dr. Raman Singh (born 15 October 1952) is an Indian politician and Former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh. Currently, he is the National Vice-President of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is also an ayurvedic practitioner. He is also the longest se ...

. On April 27, 2021, she died from

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.Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s niece, former MP, Karuna Shukla dies of Covid-19
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