Jyotiraditya Scindia took charge as the Minister of Civil Aviation. India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Jyotiraditya Scindia took office on Friday ministry of civil aviation.
Scindia, a prominent leader of Madhya Pradesh, took oath as a cabinet minister on Wednesday. He joined BJP in March 2020 and is a Rajya Sabha member.
Mango VK Singh Also took charge as Minister of State for Civil Aviation.
Scindia has taken charge of the ministry at a time when the civil aviation sector is facing strong headwinds due to the coronavirus pandemic, which has impacted the overall demand and resulted in financial crunch for the industry players. .
The government is also going ahead with the disinvestment process for the national carrier Air India.
Scindia has served as the Minister of State for Communications, Commerce and Industry and Power during the Congress-led UPA government. The descendant of the former royal family of Gwalior was inducted into the UPA government in 2007 and continues to be a part of it. central cabinet Till 2014.
he resigned from Congress And joined BJP in March 2020. His move triggered a chain of events that eventually culminated in the collapse of the Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh and paved the way for the saffron party to take over power, which it lost in late 2018.
Born on 1st January 1971, and educated in Harvard and stanford Institutions, Scindia has come a long way since contesting his first election as a Congress candidate in 2002, a by-election in the Guna Lok Sabha constituency, which was caused by the sudden death of his father Madhavrao Scindia in a plane crash.

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