Shankar Pratap Singh Bundela

Shankar Pratap Singh Bundela

Born	(1950-09-30) 30 September 1950 Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh
Residence	Mahal Parisar, Chhatarpur Madhya Pradesh
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Munna Raja
Citizenship	Indian
Occupation	Politician Farmer
Known for	public welfare
Home town	Chhatarpur
Predecessor	Jagdamba Prasad Nigam
Successor	Umesh Shukla
Political party	INC, BSP, BJP
Spouse(s)	Vijayshree Bundela
Children	Siddhartha, Abhilasha, Aditya

Shankar Pratap Singh Bundela belongs to village Basari block Rajnagar, which was his former Estate under Madhya Pradesh. He is popularly known as Munna Raja.

Political career

He joined the Indian National Congress Party in the year 1972 and has been a member ever since.
Elected from Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh, he has been a Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly twice. From the year 1980 to 1985 and 1993 to 1998.
He went on to become the president of M.P. State Cooperative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank in 1997 and again in the year 2002.
In 2003, he became the Vice-President of National Co-operative Bank Federation, New Delhi.
Contested Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election 2008 from Rajnagar Constituency of Madhya Pradesh with Bahujan Samaj Party.
He joined the Bahujan Samaj Party on 4 November 2008. After joining the Bahujan Samaj Party and taking the symbol from Bahujan Samaj Party for Rajnagar seat he immediately declared candidate of Indian National Congress for Chhatarpur seat.
He has lost this 2008 Election he was defeated by Vikram Singh.
He joined Bhartiya Janata Party on 3 April in the presence of Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh.

Social Life

Since 1997, he has been continuously organising 'Bundeli Festival' (known as Bundeli Utsav) at village Basari to preserve and promote Bundelkhand's Culture and Tradition.

Preceded by Jagdamba Prasad Nigam	MLA of MP for Chhatarpur Seat 1980-1985	Succeeded by Jagdamba Prasad Nigam

Preceded by Jagdamba Prasad Nigam	MLA of MP for Chhatarpur Seat 1993-1998	Succeeded by Umesh Shukla

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