[5] Before entering politics, he was friend with Deepa saxena with whom he shared theator stage, he was a reporter for Hindi daily Jansatta.

[citation needed] He was hired as a senior editor and he continued in that job until being elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2000.

Running as a member of the Akhil Bhartiya Loktantrik Congress Party, Shukla won by a large margin.

[8] In 2003, his party merged with the Indian National Congress, and Shukla was appointed as a spokesperson.

[citation needed] Shukla and Ranjeet Ranjan were elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Chhattisgarh in June 2022.