Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament from Madhya Pradesh
NAME- Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia
PROFESSION- Politician
BORN- 01/01/1971
PLACE OF BIRTH- Bombay
FATHER’S NAME- Madhavrao Scindi
MOTHER’S NAME- Madhavi Raje
SPOUSE- Priyadarshini Raje Scindia
SIBLINGS- 1
CHILDREN- 2
EDUCATION-
Graduated in Economics from Undergraduate Liberal Arts College, Harvard University.
Completed MBA from Graduate School of Business, Stanford University.
POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS/PARTY- Bharatiya Janata Party
OFFICIAL WEBSITE- http://www.jmscindia.in
REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT- N/A
AWARDS- N/A
BACKGROUND- Jyotiraditya Scindia, an Indian Politician, is currently member of BJP. In 2020, he was elected as Rajya Sabha Member from Madhya Pradesh.
Scindia was born in family of politicians. Jyotiraditya belongs to House of Scindia, which once ruled Gwalior. His father, Madhavrao Scindia was former leader of Congress. He started his political career by joining the Indian National Congress.
In the year 2002, he contested elections for 13th Lok Sabha from Guha constituency and won. Guha constituency was the same constituency from where his father was Member of Parliament. After the death of his father in a plane crash, the Guna constituency seat was vacant. Later Jyotiraditya Scindia was re-elected as member of Lok Sabha in the year 2004.
In the year 2008, being a congress member, he became the Communication and Information Technology Minister of State. Further, he was again elected as Lok Sabha member for three times in a row. While being an MP, he served as Union minister of Commerce and Industry Minister and Minister for Power of state.
In 2012, Indian Planning Commission tasked Joytiraditya Scindia to prevent India Blackout which took place in July 2012.
Thereafter, in 2013 he became the Campaign Committee Chief for Madhya Pradesh. He was again elected in the 16th Lok Sabha from Guha constituency for four consecutive time in 2014. In 2019, he contested Lok Sabha elections again but this time he lost. Jyotiraditya Scindia was a prominent figure of Congress.
However, due to reasons, after 18 years, he left Indian National Congress in the year 2020 and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. On 19/06/2020, he was elected as Rajya Sabha Member.
Apart from politics, Scindia is also interested in Cricket. He was chairman of MP Cricket Association.
MAJOR INITIATIVES- N/A
CAREER TIMELINE/ POSITIONS HELD-
2002- Elected as Member of 13th Lok Sabha from Guha constituency.
2004- Elected as Member of 14th Lok Sabha, again from the same constituency.
2008- Became the Communication and Information Technology Minister of State.
2009- Again elected as Lok Sabha Member for third time. In 2009, he also was appointed as Union minister of Commerce and Industry Minister.
2012- Became Minister for Power of state.
2014- For fourth time, he was elected as member of Lok Sabha from Guha constituency.
2020- Resigned from Congress on 09/03/2020 and joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on 11/03/2020. On 19/06/2020, Jyotiraditya Scindia was elected as Rajya Sabha Member from Madhya Pradesh.
CONTROVERSIES/CASES-
A political controversy ignited when Scindia did not became the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and instead Kamal Nath was sworn in as the CM of Madhya Pradesh. Although Scindia played an important role in winning elections in Madhya Pradesh, he was offered the post of Deputy CM which he eventually turned down. Adding few more reasons to this, in 2020 he left Congress and joined BJP.
Apart from it, in the year 2010, a legal claim was filed in the court by Scindia to be sole inheritor of his father, Madhavrao’s property worth RS. 20,000 crores.
However, this claim was challenged by his aunts in the court of law. Though this dispute of property is not new in the Scindia family.
Further, in the year 2014 Jyotiraditya Scindia along with two other people were alleged of illegally selling a property. This property was a prime government land which was alleged to be sold to realtor in Gwalior by Scindia and other people. However, in 2020, this case was closed.
