Sunil Shastri

Sunil Shastri (born 13 February 1950) is an Indian politician and a former cabinet minister in the Government of Uttar Pradesh. He is the son of Lal Bahadur Shastri, the second Prime Minister of India. Before joining politics, he served the Bank of India as an Officer in different capacities for fourteen years. He was also elected to Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Gorakhpur Urban assembly constituency as INC candidate.^[1][2][3] His son Vinamra Shastri is a corporate leader and writes about politics. He fought against V. P. Singh from Allahabad Lok Sabha seat on Congress party ticket, but lost.^[4][5][6]

Sunil Shastri सुनील शास्त्री
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 22 May 2002 – 25 November 2002
Member of Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh
In office 1980–1989
Preceded by	Awadhesh Kumar Srivastava
Succeeded by	Shiv Pratap Shukla
Constituency	Gorakhpur Urban
Minister of Energy, Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office 1985–1987
Minister of Heavy Industries, Institutional Finance and Public Enterprises, Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office 1989–1991
Personal details
Born	(1950-02-13) 13 February 1950 (age 75) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party	Indian National Congress (before 2009, 2021—present) Bharatiya Janata Party (2009—2021)
Spouse	Meera Shastri ​ (m. 1973)​
Children	3 sons
Parent(s)	Lal Bahadur Shastri Lalita Shastri
Relatives	Hari Krishna Shastri Anil Shastri