Karuna Shukla (1 August 1950 – 27 April 2021) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India.
She lost the 2009 elections from Korba to Charan Das Mahant of the Indian National Congress who was minister at union govt.
She resigned from the BJP on 25 October 2013 citing that the party was "allegedly under the grip of power politics".
[1][2] Karuna was the niece of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
After having ended her 32-year-long association with BJP, on 27 February 2014, she joined Indian National Congress and contested 2014 Loksabha election from Bilaspur constituency in Chhattisgarh.