Sunil Shastri सुनील शास्त्री | |
Office1: | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha |
Term Start1: | 22 May 2002 |
Term End1: | 25 November 2002 |
Office2: | Member of Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh |
Term Start2: | 1980 |
Term End2: | 1989 |
Constituency2: | Gorakhpur Urban |
Predecessor2: | Awadhesh Kumar Srivastava |
Successor2: | Shiv Pratap Shukla |
Office3: | Minister of Energy, Government of Uttar Pradesh |
Term Start3: | 1985 |
Term End3: | 1987 |
Office4: | Minister of Heavy Industries, Institutional Finance and Public Enterprises, Government of Uttar Pradesh |
Term Start4: | 1989 |
Term End4: | 1991 |
Birth Date: | 13 February 1950 |
Birth Place: | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India |
Parents: | Lal Bahadur Shastri Lalita Shastri |
Party: | Indian National Congress (Before 2009,2021—Present) Bharatiya Janata Party (2009—2021) |
Children: | 3 sons |
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]