Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia is an Indian politician. He belonged to the erstwhile royal Scindia family that once ruled Gwalior, and therefore, he was also the titular Maharaja of Gwalior.
Biography/Wiki
Jyotiraditya Scindia was born on January 1, 1971, into the royal Scindia family in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. His grandfather Maharaja Jivaji Rao Scindia The last prince of the princely state of Gwalior, he joined the Dominion of India in 1947. He was allowed to have titles and privileges like other Indian princes. Therefore, even today, his family holds the titular title of Maharaja. He received his primary education from Campion School, Mumbai and Doon School, Dehradun. For higher education, he attended Harvard University and graduated in 1993 with a major in Economics. Scindia received her MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2001.
Jyotiraditya Scindia when she was young
appearance
He is 5 feet 6 inches (168 centimeters) tall and weighs approximately 75 kilograms (165 pounds). His eye and hair color are black.
family
He was born to Madhavrao Scindia and Madhavi Raje Scindia. His father was a politician and member of the Indian National Congress (INC) who served as civil aviation minister in the government of PV Narasimha Rao.
Madhavrao Scindia, father of Jyotiraditya Scindia
His mother Madhavi Raje Scindia was the daughter of Nepalese prince Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana. Madhavi Raje died of pneumonia on May 15, 2024, at AIIMS, New Delhi.
Jyotiraditya Scindia and his mother
He has a sister, Chitrangada Raje Scindia, who married Kashmiri Prince Vikramaditya Singh on December 11, 1987.
Jyotiraditya Scindia and his sister
He married Priyadarshini Raje Scindia on December 12, 1994. His wife belonged to the princely state of Baroda.
Jyotiraditya Scindia’s wedding photos
The couple has two children: Mahanaryaman Scindia (son) and Ananya Scindia (daughter).
Jyotiraditya Scindia and his children
Profession
He joined the Indian National Congress on March 18, 2001; on September 30, 2001, his father, Madhavrao Scindia, the current MP from Guna, passed away. In 2002, Jyotiraditya Scindia was elected as Member of Parliament from Guna constituency in Madhya Pradesh. In the 2004 Lok Sabha elections, he defeated Haridwara Shukla and was re-elected as a member of Parliament. In 2007, he entered the federal cabinet and became Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology. When he was elected for a third consecutive term in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, he was appointed Minister of State for Commerce and Industry.
In the 2012 cabinet reshuffle, Scindia became the Minister of State for Power (Independent Charge). In the 2014 general election, Scindia defeated the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Jabhansinh Paavaiya and was elected as a member of the 16th Lok Sabha.
Pratibha Devi Singh Patil administered the oath of office to Scindia as Minister of Power
Scindia is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Scindia School, Gwalior. The school was founded in 1897 by his great-grandfather Madho Rao Scindia to provide education to Indian princes and nobles. He served as the president of the Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA).
He lost the Guna seat to Krishna Pal Singh Yadav of the BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. On March 9, 2020, he resigned from the Indian National Congress. On March 11, 2020, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Jyotiraditya Scindia was officially inducted into the Bharatiya Janata Party by JP Nadda, President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, at the party headquarters in New Delhi on March 11, 2020
On July 7, 2021, he was sworn in as a cabinet minister in Narendra Modi’s cabinet reshuffle.
Jyotiraditya Scindia sworn in as cabinet minister
On July 6, 2022, he was appointed to additional charge in the Steel Ministry following the resignation of RCP Singh. He contested the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Guna seat in Madhya Pradesh and won. He was sworn in as a cabinet minister in the Modi 3.0 government on June 9, 2024; he was appointed to the Ministry of Communications.
dispute
- Scindia has a legal claim against her late father’s property worth about Rs. 200 billion rupees. He claimed to be the sole heir, however, this was also challenged in court by his aunts.
- Jyotiraditya Scindia files a legal notice against Bharatiya Janata Party leader Nand Kumar Singh Chouhan for allegedly cheating a family in Madhya Pradesh The hospital was inaugurated by Dalit BJP MLA Gopilal Jatav who sanctified it by sprinkling ‘Gangajal’ ahead of Scindia’s visit to the BJP. Hospital. The BJP inferred this act as an “insult to the Dalit community”.
Residential
His permanent residence is Jai Vilas Mahal, a 19th-century palace in Gwalior. The palace was built in 1874 by Maharajadhiraj Shrimant Jayajirao Scindia.
Jervilas Palace
Salary/Net Worth
He received Rs. 50,000+ other allowances as his salary as a Member of Parliament. He has Rs. 83 lakhs as fixed deposits in banks and his debentures, debentures and stocks worth more than Rs. 1 Crore and the jewelery worth more than Rs. 2.4 million. As in 2014, his net worth is approximately Rs. 33 Crores.
interesting facts
- In 2001, his father died in a plane crash.
- Scindia is one of the richest ministers (in the UPA government) with assets worth over Rs. 25 crore, including foreign securities and investments in India worth over Rs 1,000 crore. 160 million in 2014, according to sources.
- He also worked as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch in the United States.
- Scindia also interned with the United Nations Economic Development Group.
- Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje is his aunt.
- In 2016, a man died after colliding with a car carrying Scindia near Alappuzha in Kerala. After the incident, he sent the car and driver to the police station. He also mentioned the incident on Twitter.
- In 2018, Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s wink greeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi went to Jyotiraditya Scindia. Hitting out at this, Scindia said, “Farmers are committing suicide, women are being raped, Dalits are being oppressed, tribal lands are being grabbed and unemployment is rising. Despite this, the fourth democratic A pillar (media) cares more about someone blinking.”
- Apart from the inherited wealth, Scindia also owns stakes in nine companies: PRS Trustee Company, ARS Trustee Company, MJS Trustee Company, Priyadarshini Raje Resort, Earth Financial Advisors, Ananya Raje Tavern, Moonrise Financial Advisors, Shivali Financial Advisors and Mahanaaryaman Resort .
- When Scindia first met his wife at a family dinner in 1991, he is said to have fallen in love with her at first sight.
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