Friday, January 07, 2011

Munna Shukla

IIPM BBA MBA Institute: Student Notice Board

Munna Shukla's palatial home looks forlorn these days. The palace of this MLA from Lalganj has not seen any coMunna Shuklaurt or courtier for months now. It lacks the pomp and show that it was known for in the past. Now since the king himself is in jail, couriers have found better things to do. Implicated in the murder case of ex-minister Brij Bihari Prasad, Shukla is serving life sentence in Muzaffarpur jail. His kin too give his palace a miss these days. They prefer to stay elsewhere. His wife Anu Shukla keeps visiting once in a while, but mostly, she divides her time between courts in Patna and Delhi. A few caretakers and close aides stay in the house and entertain people who lose their way to the palace. His wife takes care of the complaints of the people from his constituency. His personal assistant Sanjeev Kumar maintains that his MLA does not let the people of the constituency feel that their MLA is out of touch. He is omnipresent. Political dynasties are a common fare but Munna's was a politico-criminal dynasty. One of his brothers, Chotan Shukla, an aide of dreaded muscleman Devendra Nath Dubey, was gunned down in 1994 when he was returning from an election meeting. It was during his funeral procession that DM Krishnaiyah was lynched by the mob led by Anand Mohan and his wife Lovely Anand. While the young DM pleaded for his life, Munna's youngest brother Bhutkan Shukla shot him in the head from close. Bhutkan met the same fate a few years later. The battle between minister Brij Bihari Prasad and the Shukla family was the battle to control the turf of Muzaffarpur. Prasad allegedly drew the first blood when his gunmen killed Chotan. Munna later joined with other upper caste ganglords to kill Prasad. But that was a long time ago.

A few profiteers and aides keep the chairs at his house warm. His wife is doing whatever she can to soothe the people of constituency but patience is running out. His aides maintain that the CM has betrayed his promise to bail him out. Nitish visited his village for a public meeting but gave his house a miss. Only his release, his aides believe, can restore the charisma and fear his name once evoked.

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