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| name = Smt. Karuna Shukla<br />
| image = <br />
| caption = <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1950|8|1|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Gwalior]], [[Madhya Bharat]], [[India]]<br />
| residence =<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|4|27|1950|8|1|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Raipur]], [[Chhattisgarh]], [[India]]<br />
| office = [[Member of Parliament]]<br />
| constituency = [[Janjgir (Lok Sabha constituency)|Janjgir]]<br />
| term = 2004–2009<br />
| predecessor = <br />
| successor = <br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress]] (since 2014)<br />
| otherparty = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (1982-2013)<br />
| spouse = Madhav Shukla<br />
| children = 1 son and 1 daughter<br />
| website = <br />
| footnotes = <br />
| date = 25 September|<br />
| year = 2006|<br />
| source = http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=4012<br />
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}}<br />
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'''Karuna Shukla''' (1 August 1950 – 27 April 2021) was a member of the [[14th Lok Sabha]] of [[India]].<br />
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==Biography==<br />
She represented the [[Janjgir (Lok Sabha constituency)|Janjgir]] constituency of [[Chhattisgarh]] and was a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) political party till 2013. She lost the 2009 elections from Korba to [[Charan Das Mahant]] (presently [[speaker of Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha]]) of the Indian National Congress who was [[Second Manmohan Singh ministry|minister at union govt]].<br />
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She resigned from the BJP on 25 October 2013 citing that the party was "allegedly under the grip of power politics".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/election-2014/atal-bihari-vajpayee-s-niece-karuna-shukla-joins-congress-slams-narendra-modi-489116|title=Atal Bihari Vajpayee's niece Karuna Shukla joins Congress, slams Narendra Modi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/AB-Vajpayees-niece-Karuna-Shukla-quits-BJP/articleshow/24741480.cms|title=AB Vajpayee's niece Karuna Shukla quits BJP - Times of India}}</ref><br />
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Karuna was the niece of former Prime Minister [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]].<br />
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After having ended her 32-year-long association with BJP, on 27 February 2014, she joined [[Indian National Congress]] and contested [[2014 Indian general election|2014 Loksabha election]] from [[Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh|Bilaspur]] constituency in [[Chhattisgarh]]. She was defeated by BJP's [[Lakhan Lal Sahu]] by a margin of 176,436 votes.<br />
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She contested 2018 [[Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly|Chhattisgarh Vidhan sabha election]] from [[Rajnandgaon (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Rajnandgaon]], but lost. She was defeated by former Chief minister Sri [[Raman Singh]].<br />
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On April 27, 2021, she died from [[COVID-19]].<ref>[https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/atal-bihari-vajpayee-s-niece-former-mp-karuna-shukla-dies-of-covid19-101619502803723-amp.html Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s niece, former MP, Karuna Shukla dies of Covid-19]</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060501035906/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/homepage.asp?mpsno=4012 Home Page on the Parliament of India's Website]<br />
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[[Category:1950 births]]<br />
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[[Category:14th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
[[Category:People from Gwalior]]<br />
[[Category:Women in Chhattisgarh politics]]<br />
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Chhattisgarh]]<br />
[[Category:People from Janjgir-Champa district]]<br />
[[Category:United Progressive Alliance candidates in the 2014 Indian general election]]<br />
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Chhattisgarh]]<br />
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian women politicians]]<br />
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