Anand Swaroop Shukla

Anand Swarup Shukla is an Indian politician and a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India. He represents the Ballia Nagar constituency in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh and was Minister of state for Parliamentary Affairs, Rural development, Overall Village Development in Uttar Pradesh Government. He lost U.P. state election 2022. He is currently a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[1][2][3]

Anand Swarup Shukla
Minister of state for Rural Development
Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
21 August 2019 – 25 March 2022
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
MinisterRajendra Pratap Singh
Minister of state for Parliamentary Affairs
Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
21 August 2019 – 25 March 2022
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
MinisterSuresh Khanna
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
2017–2022
Preceded byNarad Rai
Succeeded byDaya Shankar Singh
ConstituencyBallia Nagar
Personal details
Born (1979-10-06) 6 October 1979
Ballia, Uttar Pradesh
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Parent
  • Harihar Nath Shukla (father)
Residence(s)Ashok Nagar, Satni Sarai, Ballia, Uttar Pradesh
EducationM.Sc, M.A., B.Ed
ProfessionPolitician
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Early life and education

Shukla was born 6 October 1979 in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh to his father Harihar Nath Shuklaji. He has completed M.Sc. in Mathematics, M.A. in Political science and B.Ed.[4][1] He completed his schooling from Nagaji Saraswati Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School, Maldepur Ballia.

Political career

Shukla has been MLA for one term. Since 2017, he represents Ballia Nagar constituency as a member of Bhartiya Janata Party. In 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, he defeated Samajwadi Party candidate Laxman by a margin of 40,011 votes. He has been appointed Minister of state in a Yogi Adityanath cabinet on 21 August 2019.[5]

In March 2021, Shukla called for the banning of the Burka in India.[6][7]

Posts held
#FromToPositionComments
01March 2017March 2022Member, 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh[8]

References
  1. "Candidate affidavit". my neta.info. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  2. "Bjp Mla anand swarup shukla controversial statement". Patrika. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  3. "बलिया नगर से आनंद स्वरूप शुक्ल ने बनाया यह रिकार्ड". www.truthstoday.com. 12 March 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  4. "Member Profile". official website of Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  5. "In First Cabinet Expansion, UP CM Yogi Adityanath Inducts 18 Ministers, Promotes 5". News18.
  6. "Burqa should be banned, it is giving credence to Wahabi culture: Uttar Pradesh minister Anand Swaroop Shukla".
  7. "Anand Swaroop Shukla: Burqa should be banned, says UP minister Anand Swaroop Shukla | Varanasi News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  8. "Uttar Pradesh 2017 Result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 23 December 2018.


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