New Delhi: Jyotiraditya Scindia, who took an oath as the United Minister on Wednesday, was MP five times and was the main leader of the Congress before he left the party to join BJP in March last year.
He took an oath as an infinite minister in the government of Narendra Modi at the ceremony swore at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday.
Scindia played a key role in returning BJP to power in Madhya Pradesh last year after the Congress ruled the country for 15 months.
Twenty-two Mla’s loyal to Scindia has resigned to trigger a crisis in the government of Kamal Nath.
Articulation and charismatic, Scindia, 50, is the Minister of State Communication and Information Technology at the UPA-i Government Congress.
He is a MP Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh.
He is the State Union Minister for Trade and Industry in the Government of UPA-II between 2009 and 2012.
Scindia is the Minister of State for Union (independent charge) of power between 2012 and 2014.
Belongs to the Gwalior Royal Family, Scindia was first chosen for Lok Sabha from Guna in the year 2002 After his father Madhavrao Scindia died in an airplane accident.
Madhavrao Scindia was chosen to be Lok Sabha in 1971 at the age of 26 and then won nine consecutive elections from the Gwalior and Guna Constitution.
Jyotirdaditya Scindia suffered a surprising defeat of the parliamentary seat in the polls of Lok Sabha 2019.
He has become President of the Cricket Madhya Pradesh Association.
The BJP leader has an MBA from Stanford University and BA from Harvard University.