BJP dissident Rakesh Shukla from Mehgaon Assembly seat has jumped into the fray changing the equation of all the political parties. Shukla demonstrated his strength in Mehgaon with his large followers.
Shukla had the credit of opening account of the BJP in the Congress bastion Mehgaon (Bhind). It is due to Shukla that the BJP won the seat of Mehgaon twice even than the BJP did not allot him a ticket for Assembly election causing a lot of anger to his supporters. Shukla had been maintaining the contact of Mehgaon constituent Assembly, but the BJP disappointed him and allotted the ticket to Choudhary Mukesh, brother of Choudhary Rakesh Singh, who had just is deserted the Congress and joined the BJP.
Shukla is contesting election from loktantrik Samajwadi Party and has opened his election office near municipal committee. The party State president Shayam Sunder Yadav supported Shukla and took out a demonstration on Gandhi road, old bus stand and Hatbazar the people garlanded Rakesh Shukla at various places. Shukla assured the people to serve them in his address.