Shiv Pratap Shukla, MoS Finance Ministry - Profile

Shukla is a Rajya Sabha MP from Uttar Pradesh and a member of the parliamentary standing committee on rural development. Elected to the Uttar Pradesh Assembly for four consecutive terms in 1989, 1991, 1993 and 1996, he was a state cabinet minister for eight years and is known for his work in fields of rural development, education and prison reform. A law graduate from Gorakhpur University, Shukla started as a student leader in the 1970s. He was also a part of the movement against Emergency and was imprisoned for 19 months under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act.