New Delhi: Rajendra Shukla, a five-time MLA from Rewa constituency, has been appointed because the Deputy Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh together with Jagdish Devda by the BJP. The determination comes as a recognition of Shukla’s contribution in consolidating the celebration’s base within the Vindhya area, which was as soon as a Congress stronghold.
Shukla (59), who has an engineering background, has emerged as a outstanding Brahmin chief within the area within the final 15 years. He has challenged the affect of former Congress stalwarts like (late) Arjun Singh and (late) Sriniwas Tiwari, who dominated the area till 2013.
In the current Assembly elections, BJP received 25 out of 30 seats within the area, enhancing its tally from 24 seats in 2018. Shukla expressed his confidence within the celebration’s efficiency within the area earlier than his title was introduced for the Deputy CM publish.
“In 2018, BJP had won 24 seats from Vindhya region; therefore, I had full confidence that we will repeat the same result. When the results came, the number went up from 24 to 25,” he instructed IANS.
Shukla’s rise within the celebration was not with out obstacles. He confronted opposition from a few of his personal celebration leaders, who tried to undermine him by bringing again his political rival Abhay Mishra into the BJP fold. However, Mishra later rejoined the Congress and received the election from Semaria seat of Rewa district, defeating Shukla’s loyalist Ok.P. Tripathi.
Shukla, nevertheless, remained a key member of the state BJP’s core committee, even when he was not included in Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s cupboard. He was the one MLA within the core committee, whereas the remainder have been both state or Union ministers or Rajya Sabha MPs. Shukla, a soft-spoken politician, earned reputation because of the growth works he initiated in Rewa prior to now 20 years. He was instrumental in bringing an airport and the nation’s largest photo voltaic undertaking to Rewa, when he was the power minister in Chouhan’s cupboard.
Shukla started his political profession throughout his school days and have become the president of Government Engineering College Student Union in 1986. He contested his first Assembly election in 1998, however misplaced to Congress candidate Pushparaj Singh by a slim margin of 1,394 votes. He avenged his defeat in 2003, when he defeated Pushparaj Singh and entered the Assembly for the primary time. Since then, he has remained undefeated.
