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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{More citations needed|date=June 2018}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Vidya Charan Shukla
| image =
| caption =
| office = [[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)|Minister of Parliamentary Affairs]]
| primeminister = [[Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao]]
| predecessor = [[Ghulam Nabi Azad]]
| successor = [[Ghulam Nabi Azad]]
| term_start = 18 January 1993
| term_end = 17 January 1996

| office2 = [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|Minister of External Affairs]]
| primeminister2 = [[Chandra Shekhar]]
| predecessor2 = [[Chandra Shekhar]] (Acting)
| successor2 = [[Chandra Shekhar]] (Acting)
| termstart2 = 21 November 1990
| termend2 = 20 February 1991

| office3 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| constituency3 = [[Raipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Raipur]]
| termstart3 = {{Start date|1991||}}
| termend3 = {{End date|1996||}}
| predecessor3 = [[Ramesh Bais]]
| successor3 = [[Ramesh Bais]]

| constituency4 = [[Mahasamund (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mahasamund]]
| termstart4 = {{Start date|1980||}}
| termend4 = {{End date|1991||}}
| predecessor4 = [[Brij Lal Verma]]
| successor4 = [[Pawan Diwan]]

| constituency5 = [[Raipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Raipur]]
| termstart5 = {{Start date|1971||}}
| termend5 = {{End date|1977||}}
| predecessor5 = [[Lakhan Lal Gupta]]
| successor5 = [[Purushottam Kaushik]]

| constituency6 = [[Mahasamund (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mahasamund]]
| termstart6 = {{Start date|1962||}}
| termend6 = {{End date|1971||}}
| predecessor6 = Constituency established
| successor6 = Krishna Agrawal

| constituency7 = Balodabazar
| termstart7 = {{Start date|1957||}}
| termend7 = {{End date|1962||}}
| predecessor7 = Constituency established
| successor7 = Minimata

| office8 = 7th [[Indian Olympic Association|President of Indian Olympic Association]]
| termstart8 = 1984
| termend8 = 1987
| predecessor8 = [[Bhalindra Singh]]
| successor8 = [[Sivanthi Adithan]]

| party = [[Indian National Congress]] (1957-1987, 1991-2003, 2007-2013) [[Jan Morcha]] (1987-1989) [[Janata Dal]] (1989-1990) [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]] (1990-1991) [[Nationalist Congress Party]] (2003) [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (2003-2004)
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1929|8|2}}<ref>{{cite web |title=SHUKLA, SHRI VIDYA CHARAN |url=http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok10/mp712.htm |website=parliamentofindia.nic.in |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070809075342/http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok10/mp712.htm |archive-date=August 9, 2007}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Raipur]], [[Central Provinces and Berar]], [[British Raj|British India]] (now in [[Chhattisgarh]], [[India]])
| death_date ={{death date and age|2013|6|11|1929|8|2|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Gurgaon]], [[Haryana]], India

| parents = [[Ravishankar Shukla]] (father)
| relations = [[Shyama Charan Shukla]] (brother) [[Amitesh Shukla]] (nephew)

}}

'''Vidya Charan Shukla''' (2 August 1929 – 11 June 2013) was an Indian politician whose political career spanned six decades. He was predominantly a member of the [[Indian National Congress]], but also had spells in [[Jan Morcha]], [[Janata Dal]], [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]], [[Nationalist Congress Party]] and [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. He was known as a close associate of [[Indira Gandhi]].

==Personal life==
Vidya Charan Shukla was born on 2 August 1929 in [[Raipur]]. His father [[Ravishankar Shukla]] was a lawyer, an [[Indian National Congress]] politician from [[Central Provinces and Berar]] and the [[List of Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh|first]] [[Chief Minister (India)|Chief Minister]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]]. His older brother, [[Shyama Charan Shukla]], was also an INC politician and served as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. He had seven other siblings.

Vidya Charan Shukla graduated from [[Morris College, Nagpur]] in 1951. He started Allwyn Cooper Pvt Ltd, which organized big-game safari and photo expeditions of wildlife in the forests of central India.

==Political career==
In the [[1957 Indian general election|1957 general elections]], he was elected as a [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] in the [[Lok Sabha]], on a [[Indian National Congress]] ticket from Balodabazar constituency.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1957-election-results.html|title = 1957 India General (2nd Lok Sabha) Elections Results}}</ref> He became one of the youngest MPs in the [[2nd Lok Sabha]]. Subsequently, he won Lok Sabha elections from [[Mahasamund (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mahasamund]] in [[1962 Indian general election|1962]], 1964 (bypoll), [[1967 Indian general election|1967]], [[1980 Indian general election|1980]], [[1984 Indian general election|1984]] and [[1989 Indian general election|1989]]; and from [[Raipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Raipur]] in [[1971 Indian general election|1971]] and [[1991 Indian general election|1991]]. He lost from Raipur in [[1977 Indian general election|1977]] and [[1998 Indian general election|1998]]; and from Mahasamund in [[2004 Indian general election|2004]]. He was elected to Lok Sabha a total of 9 times.<ref>{{cite news|title=President Mukherjee condoles Vidya Charan Shukla's demise|url=http://in.news.yahoo.com/president-mukherjee-condoles-vidya-charan-shuklas-demise-144414577.html|access-date=19 June 2013|newspaper=Yahoo.news|date=11 June 2013}}</ref>

When [[Indira Gandhi]] became Prime Minister in 1966, he was chosen as a Minister in [[First Indira Gandhi Ministry|her Cabinet]]. He was Minister of State under Prime Minister Indira Gandhi from 1967 to 1977 including as Minister of State with Independent Charge of Information and Broadcasting.
Despite a versatile career, Shukla's role as Information and Broadcasting Minister during the [[The Emergency (India)|Emergency]] period had got him some odium as propagandist for [[Indira Gandhi]]’s government. His ministry attracted adverse attention for the media censor policy during that period when [[Freedom of speech]] was under attack. The Justice Shah Commission of Inquiry which went into the Emergency excesses, was stunned when V. C. Shukla owned entire responsibility for the functioning of his ministry.<ref name=k>{{cite news|title=A memorable evening with Vidya Charan Shukla|url=http://kafila.org/2013/06/12/an-evening-with-vidya-charan-shukla/|access-date=19 June 2013|newspaper=Kafila|date=12 June 2013}}</ref> He had banned Kishore Kumar's songs on [[All India Radio]] because [[Kishore Kumar]] had refused to sing at an Indira Gandhi rally.
He was known for his iron-fist handling of the media during the Emergency.He was also a minister in [[Rajiv Gandhi]] lead Congress government,but left and joined the revolt against [[Rajiv Gandhi]] in the mid-1980s and was one of the founders of [[Jan Morcha]] along with [[Arun Nehru]], [[V.P. Singh]] and [[Arif Mohammad Khan]].<ref name=ht1/> He later became a minister in the National Front government of 1989-90 under V.P. Singh<ref name=ht1/> and switched allegiance to join the subsequent Chandrasekhar government and served as [[Indian Foreign Minister|Minister for External Affairs of India]] during 1990-91 under Prime Minister [[Chandra Shekhar]],<ref name=ht1/> during the [[9th Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha]] as a member of [[Janata Dal]].
He again returned to Congress Party and also served as Cabinet Minister under Prime Minister [[P.V. Narasimha Rao]] during 1991-96 as [[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)|Minister of Parliamentary Affairs]] and Minister of Irrigation. in 2003 he shifted to [[Nationalist Congress Party]] and headed the Chhattisgarh Unit of NCP.<ref>{{cite news|title=V C Shukla to head NCP's Chhattisgarh unit|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/ncp/20030411.htm|access-date=23 June 2013|newspaper=Rediff.com|date=11 April 2003}}</ref> However, he changed his political allegiance and joined [[BJP]] towards end of 2003, but in 2004 Lok Sabha elections he himself lost on the BJP ticket from [[Mahasamund]] against Ajit Jogi of INC.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/2004-election-results.html|title = 2004 India General (14th Lok Sabha) Elections Results}}</ref> After the defeat he resigned from BJP in 2004.<ref name=ht1>{{cite news|title=VC Shukla to rejoin Congress|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/India/VC-Shukla-to-rejoin-Congress/Article1-249072.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317013837/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/India/VC-Shukla-to-rejoin-Congress/Article1-249072.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 March 2012|access-date=23 June 2013|newspaper=hinudustan times|date=21 September 2007}}</ref>
From 2004 he was in a political state of limbo and was trying to return to Congress Party till finally in 2007 when [[Sonia Gandhi]], the Congress leader, approved his return to the Congress party. He was in Congress from 2007 till his death in 2013

==Death==
Vidya Charan Shukla was part of Congress Party's ''Parivartan Yatra'' in Chhattisgarh, when he was injured in [[2013 Naxal attack in Darbha valley|Naxal attack on 25 May 2013]]. He was later moved to [[Medanta]] at [[Gurgaon]], where he succumbed to his injuries on 11 June 2013.<ref>{{cite news|title=Veteran Congress leader Vidya Charan Shukla dies of bullet wounds|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/veteran-congress-leader-vidya-charan-shukla-dies-of-bullet-wounds/1127694/|access-date=19 June 2013|newspaper=The Indian Express|date=11 June 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614032111/https://indianexpress.com/news/veteran-congress-leader-vidya-charan-shukla-dies-of-bullet-wounds/1127694/|archivedate=June 14, 2013}}</ref>

President [[Pranab Mukherjee]] in his condolence message said Vidya Charan Shukla was a veteran Parliamentarian, able administrator and an outstanding statesman. [[Shekhar Dutt]], the Chhattisgarh Governor said his death marks the end of an era.<ref name=l/> Several leaders including then Prime Minister, [[Manmohan Singh]], Sonia Gandhi, [[Lal Krishna Advani]] and others, cutting across party lines paid tribute to him and many national leaders were present at his last rites.<ref name=l>{{cite news|title=Leaders unite in their condolence for V C Shukla|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-12/bhopal/39924797_1_v-c-shukla-uday-mudaliyar-former-union-minister|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130628045107/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-12/bhopal/39924797_1_v-c-shukla-uday-mudaliyar-former-union-minister|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 June 2013|access-date=24 June 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=12 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=President, PM express condolence over ex-union minister VC Shukla's death|url=http://post.jagran.com/president-pm-express-condolence-over-exunion-minister-vc-shuklas-death-1371010915|access-date=24 June 2013|newspaper=Post|date=12 June 2012}}</ref>

The newly elected Chhattisgarh government has set up an SIT to probe into the incident which caused his death.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/chhattisgarh-govt-sets-up-sit-to-probe-jhiram-valley-attack-which-eliminated-top-state-party-leaders-1989829.html|title=Chhattisgarh government sets up SIT to probe Jhiram Valley Attack|work=News 18 |access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/city/raipur/chhattisgarh-govt-forms-sit-to-probe-2013-bastar-maoist-attack/amp_articleshow/67352255.cms|title=Chhattisgarh government appoints SUT to probe 2013 Bastar maoist attack - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref>
He is survived by his wife and three daughters.<ref name=tt>{{cite news|title=VC Shukla dies of Maoist bullet wounds|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130612/jsp/nation/story_16998322.jsp#.UcFfsex4pr4|access-date=19 June 2013|newspaper=The Telegraph, Kolkata|date=12 June 2013}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of assassinated Indian politicians]]

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	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
	~~Vidya Charan~~ Shukla was born on 2 August 1929 in [[Raipur]]. His father [[Ravishankar Shukla]] was a lawyer, an [[Indian National Congress]] politician from [[Central Provinces and Berar]] and the [[List of Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh\|first]] [[Chief Minister (India)\|Chief Minister]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]]. His older brother, [[Shyama Charan Shukla]], was also an INC politician and served as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. He had seven other siblings.		Shukla was born on 2 August 1929 in [[Raipur]]. His father [[Ravishankar Shukla]] was a lawyer, an [[Indian National Congress]] politician from [[Central Provinces and Berar]] and the [[List of Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh\|first]] [[Chief Minister (India)\|Chief Minister]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]]. His older brother, [[Shyama Charan Shukla]], was also an INC politician and served as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. He had seven other siblings.

	Vidya Charan Shukla graduated from [[Morris College, Nagpur]] in 1951. He started Allwyn Cooper Pvt Ltd, which organized big-game safari and photo expeditions of wildlife in the forests of central India.		Vidya Charan Shukla graduated from [[Morris College, Nagpur]] in 1951. He started Allwyn Cooper Pvt Ltd, which organized big-game safari and photo expeditions of wildlife in the forests of central India.
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	When [[Indira Gandhi]] became Prime Minister in 1966, he was chosen as a Minister in [[First Indira Gandhi Ministry\|her Cabinet]]. He was Minister of State under Prime Minister Indira Gandhi from 1967 to 1977 including as Minister of State with Independent Charge of Information and Broadcasting.		When [[Indira Gandhi]] became Prime Minister in 1966, he was chosen as a Minister in [[First Indira Gandhi Ministry\|her Cabinet]]. He was Minister of State under Prime Minister Indira Gandhi from 1967 to 1977 including as Minister of State with Independent Charge of Information and Broadcasting.
	Despite a versatile career, Shukla's role as Information and Broadcasting Minister during the [[The Emergency (India)\|Emergency]] period had got him some odium as propagandist for [[Indira Gandhi]]’s government. His ministry attracted adverse attention for the media censor policy during that period when [[Freedom of speech]] was under attack. The Justice Shah Commission of Inquiry which went into the Emergency excesses, was stunned when V. C. Shukla owned entire responsibility for the functioning of his ministry.<ref name=k>{{cite news\|title=A memorable evening with Vidya Charan Shukla\|url=http://kafila.org/2013/06/12/an-evening-with-vidya-charan-shukla/\|access-date=19 June 2013\|newspaper=Kafila\|date=12 June 2013}}</ref> He had banned Kishore Kumar's songs on [[All India Radio]] because [[Kishore Kumar]] had refused to sing at an Indira Gandhi rally.		Despite a versatile career, Shukla's role as Information and Broadcasting Minister during the [[The Emergency (India)\|Emergency]] period had got him some odium as propagandist for [[Indira Gandhi]]’s government. His ministry attracted adverse attention for the media censor policy during that period when [[Freedom of speech]] was under attack. The Justice Shah Commission of Inquiry which went into the Emergency excesses, was stunned when V. C. Shukla owned entire responsibility for the functioning of his ministry.<ref name=k>{{cite news\|title=A memorable evening with Vidya Charan Shukla\|url=http://kafila.org/2013/06/12/an-evening-with-vidya-charan-shukla/\|access-date=19 June 2013\|newspaper=Kafila\|date=12 June 2013}}</ref> He had banned Kishore Kumar's songs on [[All India Radio]] because [[Kishore Kumar]] had refused to sing at an Indira Gandhi rally.
	He was known for his iron-fist handling of the media during the Emergency.He was also a minister in [[Rajiv Gandhi]] lead Congress government,but left and joined the revolt against [[Rajiv Gandhi]] in the mid-1980s and was one of the founders of [[Jan Morcha]] along with [[Arun Nehru]], [[V.P. Singh]] and [[Arif Mohammad Khan]].<ref name=ht1/> He later became a minister in the National Front government of 1989-90 under V.P. Singh<ref name=ht1/> and switched allegiance to join the subsequent Chandrasekhar government and served as [[Indian Foreign Minister\|Minister for External Affairs of India]] during 1990-91 under Prime Minister [[Chandra Shekhar]],<ref name=ht1/> during the [[9th Lok Sabha\|Lok Sabha]] as a member of [[Janata Dal]].		He was known for his iron-fist handling of the media during the Emergency.He was also a minister in [[Rajiv Gandhi]] lead Congress government, but left and joined the revolt against [[Rajiv Gandhi]] in the mid-1980s and was one of the founders of [[Jan Morcha]] along with [[Arun Nehru]], [[V.P. Singh]] and [[Arif Mohammad Khan]].<ref name=ht1/> He later became a minister in the National Front government of 1989-90 under V.P. Singh<ref name=ht1/> and switched allegiance to join the subsequent Chandrasekhar government and served as [[Indian Foreign Minister\|Minister for External Affairs of India]] during 1990-91 under Prime Minister [[Chandra Shekhar]],<ref name=ht1/> during the [[9th Lok Sabha\|Lok Sabha]] as a member of [[Janata Dal]].
	He again returned to Congress Party and also served as Cabinet Minister under Prime Minister [[P.V. Narasimha Rao]] during 1991-96 as [[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)\|Minister of Parliamentary Affairs]] and Minister of Irrigation. in 2003 he shifted to [[Nationalist Congress Party]] and headed the Chhattisgarh Unit of NCP.<ref>{{cite news\|title=V C Shukla to head NCP's Chhattisgarh unit\|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/ncp/20030411.htm\|access-date=23 June 2013\|newspaper=Rediff.com\|date=11 April 2003}}</ref> However, he changed his political allegiance and joined [[BJP]] towards end of 2003, but in 2004 Lok Sabha elections he himself lost on the BJP ticket from [[Mahasamund]] against Ajit Jogi of INC.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/2004-election-results.html\|title = 2004 India General (14th Lok Sabha) Elections Results}}</ref> After the defeat he resigned from BJP in 2004.<ref name=ht1>{{cite news\|title=VC Shukla to rejoin Congress\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/India/VC-Shukla-to-rejoin-Congress/Article1-249072.aspx\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317013837/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/India/VC-Shukla-to-rejoin-Congress/Article1-249072.aspx\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=17 March 2012\|access-date=23 June 2013\|newspaper=hinudustan times\|date=21 September 2007}}</ref>		He again returned to Congress Party and also served as Cabinet Minister under Prime Minister [[P.V. Narasimha Rao]] during 1991-96 as [[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)\|Minister of Parliamentary Affairs]] and Minister of Irrigation. in 2003 he shifted to [[Nationalist Congress Party]] and headed the Chhattisgarh Unit of NCP.<ref>{{cite news\|title=V C Shukla to head NCP's Chhattisgarh unit\|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/ncp/20030411.htm\|access-date=23 June 2013\|newspaper=Rediff.com\|date=11 April 2003}}</ref> However, he changed his political allegiance and joined [[BJP]] towards end of 2003, but in 2004 Lok Sabha elections he himself lost on the BJP ticket from [[Mahasamund]] against Ajit Jogi of INC.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/2004-election-results.html\|title = 2004 India General (14th Lok Sabha) Elections Results}}</ref> After the defeat he resigned from BJP in 2004.<ref name=ht1>{{cite news\|title=VC Shukla to rejoin Congress\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/India/VC-Shukla-to-rejoin-Congress/Article1-249072.aspx\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317013837/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/India/VC-Shukla-to-rejoin-Congress/Article1-249072.aspx\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=17 March 2012\|access-date=23 June 2013\|newspaper=hinudustan times\|date=21 September 2007}}</ref>
	From 2004 he was in a political state of limbo and was trying to return to Congress Party till finally in 2007 when [[Sonia Gandhi]], the Congress leader, approved his return to the Congress party. He was in Congress from 2007 till his death in 2013		From 2004 he was in a political state of limbo and was trying to return to Congress Party till finally in 2007 when [[Sonia Gandhi]], the Congress leader, approved his return to the Congress party. He was in Congress from 2007 till his death in 2013