Sunil Shastri

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Sunil Shastri
सुनील शास्त्री
Member of Parliament , Rajya Sabha
In office
22 May 2002 25 November 2002
Children3 sons
Parent(s) Lal Bahadur Shastri
Lalita 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]

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