Sheetla Sahai

{{Short description|Indian politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}

{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Sheetla Sahai

| birth_date = 1932

| death_date = 2011

| office = Cabinet Minister, Government of Madhya Pradesh

| constituency = Gwalior

| office2 = Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

| term_start2 = 1967

| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| occupation = Politician

}}

Sheetla Sahai (1932–2011) was a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a cabinet minister in Government of Madhya Pradesh. He represented Gwalior in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He died in 2011.[http://freepressjournal.in/house-pays-tribute-to-sheetla-sahai/ House Pays Tribute To Sheetla Sahai - Free Press Journal] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714161121/http://freepressjournal.in/house-pays-tribute-to-sheetla-sahai/ |date=2014-07-14 }} He was elected MLA for the first time in 1967. He served as Opposition Leader and also as Cabinet Minister and held portfolios of health, housing, public contact, home, transport, jail, irrigation, Narmada Valley Development.

Sahai is survived by his daughters, Archana Shrivastava (nee Sahai), Alka Pradhan (nee Sahai) and Achala Sahai. Alka is married to Vinod Pradhan, son of Late K.N. Pradhan, a prominent Congress Leader from Madhya Pradesh, erstwhile member of Eighth Lok Sabha representing Bhopal parliamentary constituency of Madhya Pradesh and served as Cabinet Minister in the Government of Madhya Pradesh from 1969 to 1972.[http://cancerhospitalgwalior.com/founder.html Cancer Hospital Gwalior]{{cite web |url=http://shitlasahai.org/ |title=शीतला सहाय जी |accessdate=2014-07-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714133334/http://shitlasahai.org/ |archivedate=2014-07-14 }}