Sompal Shastri or Sompal Singh Shastri (Hindi: सोमपालसिंह शास्त्री) born on 20 January 1942 in a Farmer-Jat family and began his career as a politician of Rashtriya Lok Dal from Uttar Pradesh India.
Sompal won in 1998 defeating Rashtriya Lok Dal's chief Chaudhary Ajit Singh from Baghpat.
Sompal's father was Raghubir Singh Shastri, and represented Baghpat in the fourth Lok Sabha.
In September 2013, Sompal Shastri refused to contest Lok Sabha polls under the Samajwadi Party banner.
In a letter written to party president Mulayam Singh Yadav, Mr. Shastri said he was not in a position to contest the Lok Sabha polls from Baghpat after the violence in which over 38 people were killed.