Rajendra Shukla (politician)
Rajendra Shukla, aka Munna Bhaiya, is the mining, energy and public relations minister in Madhya Pradesh state, India. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and member of the legislative assembly (India) for the Rewa constituency of Rewa District, Madhya Pradesh.
Personal
Shukla was born in 3 August 1964. He is a civil engineer and studied at Government Engineering College, Rewa and is the son of a contractor. He is married and has children.
Political career
He was president of Government Engineering College Student Union in 1986. He is also a member of Lions' Club. His first elected position was in 2003 as an MLA from the BJP. He was minister of forestry, biodiversity/biotechnology, mineral resources and law and legislative affairs in the Madhya Pradesh state government. In 2008 he won the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election 2008 for his constituency (Rewa) and became minister of energy and mineral resources in the Madhya Pradesh sate Government.
Election
In the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election 2008 he defeated the Bahujan Samaj Party & Indian National Congress candidates Dr Mujib Khan and Rajendra Sharma, respectively.
Previously in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election 2003 he defeated sitting Indian National Congress MLA and Ex-Minister Pushpraj Singh, after losing the previous election to him in 1998.
