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| name                = Jyotiraditya Scindia
| name                = Jyotiraditya Scindia
| image              = The Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia addressing the first meeting of the India Colombia Business Forum, in Bogota, Columbia on July 06, 2012.jpg
| image              = The official portrait of Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption            = Official portrait, 2021
| caption            =
| image_size         = 220px
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1971|1|1|df=y}}
| office             = 43rd [[Minister of Communications (India)|Union Minister of Communications]]
| birth_place        = [[Mumbai|Bombay]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| term_start         = 9 June 2024
| residence          = [[Jai Vilas Palace]], [[Gwalior]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], India<br />[[New Delhi]], India
| office = [[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)|Minister of Civil Aviation]]  
| term_start = 7 July 2021
| primeminister = [[Narendra Modi]]
| president = [[Ram Nath Kovind]]
| term_end            =  
| term_end            =  
| predecessor        = [[Hardeep Singh Puri]]
| predecessor        = [[Ashwini Vaishnaw]]
| primeminister      = [[Narendra Modi]]
| successor          =  
| successor          =  
 
| office1            = 10th [[Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region|Union Minister of the Development of North Eastern Region]]
| office1            = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]
| term_start1        = 9 June 2024
| term_start1        = 20 June 2020
| term_end1          =  
| term_end1          =  
| constituency1      = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh]]
| predecessor1        = [[G. Kishan Reddy]]
| predecessor1       = [[Satyanarayan Jatiya]]
| primeminister1      = Narendra Modi
| successor1         = Incumbent
| successor1          =
| office3            = [[Ministry of Power (India)|Minister of State (Independent charge) for Power]]
| office2            = 34th [[Ministry of Steel|Union Minister of Steel]]
| primeminister3     = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| term_start2        = 6 July 2022
| term_start3         = 28 October 2012
| term_end2          = 9 June 2024
| term_end3           = 26 May 2014
| primeminister2      = Narendra Modi
| predecessor3       = [[Veerappa Moily]]
| predecessor2       = [[Ramchandra Prasad Singh]]
| successor3         = [[Piyush Goyal]]
| successor2         = [[H. D. Kumaraswamy]]
| constituency2       = [[Guna (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Guna]]
| office3            = 32nd [[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)|Union Minister of Civil Aviation]]
| office2             = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| term_start3        = 7 July 2021
| term_start2         = 24 February 2002
| primeminister3      = Narendra Modi
| term_end2           = 23 May 2019
| term_end3          = 9 June 2024
| predecessor2       = [[Madhavrao Scindia]]
| predecessor3        = [[Hardeep Singh Puri]] (as MoS I/C)
| successor2         = [[Krishna Pal Singh Yadav|Dr. K. P. Yadav]]
| successor3          = [[Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu]]
| president2         =  
| office4            = 30th [[Second Manmohan Singh ministry|Union Minister of State (''Independent Charge'')]] for [[Ministry of Power (India)|Power]]
| primeminister4     = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| term_start4         = 28 October 2012
| term_end4           = 26 May 2014
| predecessor4       = [[Veerappa Moily]] (as Minister)
| successor4         = [[Piyush Goyal]]
| office5            = [[First Manmohan Singh ministry|Union Minister of State]] for [[Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)|Commerce and Industry]]
| primeminister5      = Manmohan Singh
| minister5          = [[Anand Sharma]]
| term_start5        = 28 May 2009
| term_end5          = 28 October 2012
| predecessor5        = [[Jairam Ramesh]]
| successor5          = [[Daggubati Purandeswari]]
| office6            = [[First Manmohan Singh ministry|Union Minister of State]] for [[Minister of Communications (India)|Communications and Information Technology]]
| primeminister6      = Manmohan Singh
| minister6          = [[A. Raja|Andimuthu Raja]]
| term_start6        = 6 April 2008
| term_end6          = 22 May 2009
| predecessor6        = [[Shakeel Ahmad]]
| successor6          = [[Gurudas Kamat]]
| constituency7       = [[Guna (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Guna, Madhya Pradesh]]
| office7             = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| term_start7        = 4 June 2024
| term_end7          =
| predecessor7        = [[Krishna Pal Singh Yadav|Dr. K. P. Yadav]]
| successor7          =
| term_start8         = 24 February 2002  
| term_end8           = 23 May 2019
| predecessor8       = [[Madhavrao Scindia]]
| successor8         = [[Krishna Pal Singh Yadav|Dr. K. P. Yadav]]
| constituency8      = [[Guna Lok Sabha constituency|Guna, Madhya Pradesh]]
| office9            = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|Member of Parliament]], [[Rajya Sabha]]
| term_start9        = 20 June 2020
| term_end9          = 4 June 2024
| constituency9      = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh]]
| predecessor9        = [[Satyanarayan Jatiya]]
| successor9          = [[George Kurian (politician)|George Kurian]]
| module              = {{Infobox person|embed=yes|family=[[Scindia family]]}}
| party              = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (since 2020)
| alma_mater          = [[Harvard University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A]])<br />[[Stanford University]] ([[MBA]])
| spouse              = {{marriage|Priyadarshini Raje Scindia|1994}}
| children            = * Mahanaaryman Scindia (son)
* Ananya Raje (daughter)
| otherparty          = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />(2001–2020)
| website            =
| occupation         = {{hlist|Politician|social worker}}
| father              = [[Madhavrao Scindia]]
| father              = [[Madhavrao Scindia]]
| relatives          = *[[Vasundhara Raje]] {{small|(Aunt)}}
| birth_name          = Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia
*[[Yashodhara Raje]] {{small|(Aunt)}}
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1971|01|01|df=y}}
*[[Vijaya Raje Scindia]] {{small|(Grandmother)}}
| birth_place        = [[Mumbai|Bombay]], [[Maharashtra]], India<br/>(present-day Mumbai)
*{{small| see [[Scindia family]]}}
| residence          = {{bulletedlist|[[Jai Vilas Palace]], [[Gwalior]]|Samudra Mahal, [[Mumbai]]|[[Gwalior House]], [[New Delhi]]|27, [[Safdarjung Road]], [[New Delhi]]}}
| party              = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] <br />(2020–present)
| alma_mater          = [[Harvard University]] ([[B.A.]])<br />[[Stanford University]] ([[M.B.A.]])
| spouse              = {{marriage|[[Priyadarshini Raje Scindia]]|1994}}
| children            = 2
| otherparty = [[Indian National Congress]] <br />(2001–2020)
| website            =
| footnotes          =
}}
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'''Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia''' (born 1 January 1971) is an [[Indian politician]] who serves as the [[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)|Minister of Civil Aviation]]. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/jyotiraditya-scindia-is-india-s-new-civil-aviation-minister-1825188-2021-07-07|title=Jyotiraditya Scindia is India's new Civil Aviation Minister|website=India Today|access-date=2021-07-07}}</ref> He belongs to the [[Scindia|House of Scindia]] that once ruled in [[Gwalior]] and a [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|Member of Parliament]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]] representing the State of [[Madhya Pradesh]].  
'''Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia''' (born 1 January 1971; {{IPA|hi|d͡ʒjoːt̪ɪɾaːd̪ɪt̪jə maːd̪ʱəʋ.ɾaːʋ sɪn̪d̪ʱɪjaː}}) is an [[Indian politician]] who is serving as the 56th [[Ministry of Communications (India)|Minister of Communications]] and 10th [[Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region|Minister of Development of North Eastern Region]] since 2024. He was a [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|Member of Parliament]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]] representing the state of [[Madhya Pradesh]] from 2020 till his win in the [[2024 Indian general elections|2024 Lok Sabha elections]].<ref name="Bullish Wins & Bearish Losses: Here are the key contests and results of 2024 Lok Sabha polls">{{cite news|last1=The Economic Times|title=Bullish Wins & Bearish Losses: Here are the key contests and results of 2024 Lok Sabha polls|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/bullish-wins-bearish-losses-here-are-the-key-contests-of-2024-lok-sabha-results/articleshow/110713130.cms?from=mdr|accessdate=27 July 2024|date=6 June 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240727153249/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/bullish-wins-bearish-losses-here-are-the-key-contests-of-2024-lok-sabha-results/articleshow/110713130.cms?from=mdr|archivedate=27 July 2024}}</ref> He was a [[Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] in the [[Lok Sabha]], representing the [[Guna (Lok Sabha constituency)|Guna constituency]] in Madhya Pradesh from 2002 until his defeat in the [[2019 Indian general election]], and then since 4 June 2024. He is a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) since 2020 and was a former member of the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) from 2001 to 2020. While a member of the INC, he was the Union Minister for Power and Corporate in the [[second Manmohan Singh ministry]] from 2012 to 2014.


 
Scindia is the son of politician [[Madhavrao Scindia]], and a grandson of [[Jiwajirao Scindia]], the last ruler of the [[princely state]] of [[Gwalior State|Gwalior]] during the [[British Raj]] in India. Jyotiraditya was briefly the titular Crown Prince of Gwalior in 1971, until the privy purses and titles of Indian royals were abolished by the government in 1971.
He is a former [[16th Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] in the [[Lok Sabha]], representing the [[Guna (Lok Sabha constituency)|Guna constituency]] in Madhya Pradesh until his defeat in the [[2019 Indian general election]]. He is a former member of the [[Indian National Congress]] and presently a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].
 
While a member of the INC, Scindia was a Minister of State with independent charge for [[Ministry of Power (India)|Power]] in the cabinet of prime minister [[Manmohan Singh]] from October 2012 until May 2014. In March 2020, he severed all ties with [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] and joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]].


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Scindia was born on 1 January 1971 in [[Mumbai|Bombay]] to [[Madhavrao Scindia]] and Madhavi Raje Scindia. He claims to belong to the [[Kurmi]] [[caste system in India|caste]].<ref>{{Cite web|last1=M|first1=Dilip|last2=al|date=2019-03-12|title=Congress has never been a party of OBCs, but something's changing now|url=https://theprint.in/opinion/congress-has-never-been-a-party-of-obcs-but-somethings-changing-now/204518/|access-date=2020-07-10|website=ThePrint|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-03-14|title=Diggy-Jyoti feud may have roots in history|url=https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/diggy-jyoti-feud-may-roots-history|access-date=2020-07-10|website=The Sunday Guardian Live|language=en-US}}</ref> He was educated at [[Campion School, Mumbai]] and at [[The Doon School]], [[Dehradun]].<ref>{{cite news|title=The evolution of Honorable Shri. Jyotiraditya Scindia |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/delhi-times/the-evolution-of-jyotiraditya-scindia/articleshow/11710390.cms|publisher= [[Times of India]]|date= 2002-06-02|access-date=2009-06-21}}</ref>
Scindia was born on 1 January 1971 in [[Mumbai]] to [[Madhavrao Scindia]] and Madhavi Raje Scindia. He originally belongs to [[Kurmi]] caste.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=M|first1=Dilip|last2=al|date=12 March 2019|title=Congress has never been a party of OBCs, but something's changing now|url=https://theprint.in/opinion/congress-has-never-been-a-party-of-obcs-but-somethings-changing-now/204518/|access-date=10 July 2020|website=ThePrint|language=en-US|archive-date=10 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710064601/https://theprint.in/opinion/congress-has-never-been-a-party-of-obcs-but-somethings-changing-now/204518/|url-status=live}}</ref>


Scindia was admitted to [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]], [[University of Delhi]]. He later transferred to [[Harvard College]], the undergraduate [[liberal arts college]] of [[Harvard University]], where he graduated with BA degree in [[Economics]] in 1993. In 2001, he received a [[Master of Business Administration]] from the [[Stanford Graduate School of Business]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.commerce.nic.in/bio/stateminister.asp|title=Honorable Shri. Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia - Minister of State for Commerce & Industry|publisher=Department of Commerce, Government of India|access-date=2011-03-08|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721163607/http://www.commerce.nic.in/bio/stateminister.asp|archive-date=21 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dipp.nic.in/CV_MOS.htm|title=Jyotiraditya M. Scindia - Minister of State for Commerce & Industry|publisher=Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Government of India|access-date=2011-03-08|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110322024448/http://www.dipp.nic.in/CV_MOS.htm|archive-date=22 March 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
Scindia was educated at [[Campion School, Mumbai]] and at [[The Doon School]], [[Dehradun]].<ref>{{cite news|title=The evolution of Honorable Shri. Jyotiraditya Scindia|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/delhi-times/the-evolution-of-jyotiraditya-scindia/articleshow/11710390.cms|publisher=[[Times of India]]|date=2 June 2002|access-date=21 June 2009|archive-date=19 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719171525/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/delhi-times/the-evolution-of-jyotiraditya-scindia/articleshow/11710390.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> At Doon School, Scindia was a contemporary of [[Rahul Gandhi]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/the-prince-who-will-be-king/articleshow/970673762.cms|title=The prince who will be king|newspaper=The Times of India |date=5 October 2001}}</ref> He then studied at [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]]. He later went to [[Harvard College]], the undergraduate [[liberal arts college]] of [[Harvard University]], where he graduated with BA degree in [[Economics]] in 1993. In 2001, he received a [[Master of Business Administration]] from the [[Stanford Graduate School of Business]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.commerce.nic.in/bio/stateminister.asp|title=Honorable Shri. Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia - Minister of State for Commerce & Industry|publisher=Department of Commerce, Government of India|access-date=8 March 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721163607/http://www.commerce.nic.in/bio/stateminister.asp|archive-date=21 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dipp.nic.in/CV_MOS.htm|title=Jyotiraditya M. Scindia - Minister of State for Commerce & Industry|publisher=Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Government of India|access-date=8 March 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110322024448/http://www.dipp.nic.in/CV_MOS.htm|archive-date=22 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maDlGagoF-I |title=Jyotiraditya Scindia ने Saurabh Dwivedi को PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi, 'तहखाने' पर क्या बताया? {{!}} Jamghat |date=2024-02-17 |last=The Lallantop |access-date=2024-07-20 |via=YouTube}}</ref>


Scindia is a grandson of [[Jivajirao Scindia]], the last Maharaja of the [[princely state]] of Gwalior, who, although joining the [[Dominion of India]] in 1947, was allowed his former titles and privileges, including an annual remuneration called the [[Privy Purse in India|privy purse]]. Upon his death in 1961, his son, Madhavrao Scindia (Jyotiraditya's father) became titular Maharajah of Gwalior, as the 26th amendment<ref>{{Citation|url=http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/amend/amend26.htm|title=The Constitution (26 Amendment) Act, 1971|publisher=Government of India|work=indiacode.nic.in|year = 1971|access-date=9 November 2011}}</ref> to the [[Constitution of India]] promulgated in 1971, the Government of India abolished all official symbols of [[princely state|princely India]], including titles, privileges, and privy purses.<ref>'''1.''' {{cite book|last=Ramusack|first=Barbara N.|author-link=Barbara Ramusack|title=The Indian princes and their states|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kz1-mtazYqEC&pg=PA278|access-date=6 November 2011|year=2004|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-26727-4|page=278}}, "Through a constitutional amendment passed in 1971, Indira Gandhi stripped the princes of the '''titles''', privy purses and regal privileges which her father's government had granted." (p 278). '''2.''' {{citation|last=Naipaul|first=V. S.|author-link=V. S. Naipaul|title=India: A Wounded Civilization|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XYeWbmq7pkIC&pg=PT37|access-date=6 November 2011|date=8 April 2003|publisher=Random House Digital, Inc.|isbn=978-1-4000-3075-0|pages=37–}} Quote: "The princes of India&nbsp;– their number and variety reflecting to a large extent the chaos that had come to the country with the break up of the Mughal empire&nbsp;– had lost real power in the British time.  Through generations of idle servitude they had grown to specialize only in style.  A bogus, extinguishable glamour: in 1947, with Independence, they had lost their state, and Mrs. Gandhi in 1971 had, without much public outcry, abolished their privy purses and '''titles'''." (pp 37–38). '''3.''' {{citation|last=Schmidt|first=Karl J.|title=An atlas and survey of South Asian history|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FzmkFXSgxqgC&pg=PA78|access-date=6 November 2011|year=1995|publisher=M.E. Sharpe|isbn=978-1-56324-334-9|page=78}} Quote: "Although the Indian states were alternately requested or forced into union with either India or Pakistan, the real death of princely India came when the Twenty-sixth Amendment Act (1971) abolished the princes' '''titles''', privileges, and privy purses." (page 78). '''4.''' {{citation|last=Breckenridge|first=Carol Appadurai|author-link=Carol Breckenridge|title=Consuming modernity: public culture in a South Asian world|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LN4MN35b-r4C&pg=PA84|access-date=6 November 2011|year=1995|publisher=U of Minnesota Press|isbn=978-0-8166-2306-8|pages=84–}}  Quote: "The third stage in the political evolution of the princes from rulers to citizens occurred in 1971, when the constitution ceased to recognize them as princes and their privy purses, '''titles''', and special privileges were abolished." (page 84).  '''5.''' {{citation|last=Guha|first=Ramachandra|author-link=Ramchandra Guha|title=India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2fvd-CaFdqYC&pg=PA441|access-date=6 November 2011|date=5 August 2008|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=978-0-06-095858-9|pages=441–}} Quote: "Her success at the polls emboldened Mrs. Gandhi to act decisively against the princes. Through 1971, the two sides tried and failed to find a settlement. The princes were willing to forgo their privy purses, but hoped at least to save their titles. But with her overwhelming majority in Parliament, the prime minister had no need to compromise. On 2 December she introduced a bill to amend the constitution and abolish all princely privileges. It was passed in the Lok Sabha by 381 votes to six, and in the Rajya Sabha by 167 votes to seven. In her own speech, the prime minister invited 'the princes to join the elite of the modern age, the elite which earns respect by its talent, energy and contribution to human progress, all of which can only be done when we work together as equals without regarding anybody as of special status.' " (page 441).  '''6.''' {{cite book|last=Cheesman|first=David|title=Landlord power and rural indebtedness in colonial Sind, 1865-1901|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rtBi1MgVD0AC&pg=PA10|access-date=6 November 2011|year=1997|publisher=Routledge|location=London|isbn=978-0-7007-0470-5|pages=10–}} Quote: "The Indian princes survived the British Raj by only a few years.  The Indian republic stripped them of their powers and then their '''titles'''." (page 10). '''7.''' {{citation|author=Merriam-Webster, Inc|title=Merriam-Webster's geographical dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Co_VIPIJerIC&pg=PA520|access-date=6 November 2011|year=1997|publisher=Merriam-Webster|isbn=978-0-87779-546-9|pages=520–}} Quote: "'''Indian States''': "Various (formerly) semi-independent areas in India ruled by native princes .... Under British rule ... administered by residents assisted by political agents.  Titles and remaining privileges of princes abolished by Indian government 1971." (page 520).  '''8.''' {{citation|last=Ward|first=Philip|title=Northern India, Rajasthan, Agra, Delhi: a travel guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KubCD2jHjEsC&pg=PA91|access-date=6 November 2011|date=September 1989|publisher=Pelican Publishing|isbn=978-0-88289-753-0|pages=91–}} Quote: "A monarchy is only as good as the reigning monarch: thus it is with the princely states.  Once they seemed immutable, invincible.  In 1971 they were "derecognized,"  their privileges, privy purses and '''titles''' all abolished at a stroke" (page 91)</ref>
Scindia is a grandson of [[Jiwajirao Scindia]], the last Maharaja of the [[princely state]] of [[Gwalior State|Gwalior]]. His father Madhavrao was a politician and a minister in the government of [[Rajiv Gandhi]]. His mother, Madhavi Raje (Kiran Rajya Lakshmi Devi), hails from the [[Rana dynasty]] of [[Nepal]]. He is married to Priyadarshini Raje of the prominent [[Gaekwad dynasty]] of [[Baroda]] (who studied at [[Fort Convent School, Mumbai]] and later [[Sophia College for Women|Sophia College]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oneindia.com/india/jyotiraditya-scindias-complete-family-tree-explained-3048366.html|title=Jyotiraditya Scindia's complete family tree explained|work=[[Oneindia]]|date=11 March 2020|access-date=26 July 2023}}</ref>


Scindia's mother, Madhavi Raje Scindia (Kiran Rajya Lakshmi Devi), was great-granddaughter of the [[Prime Minister of Nepal]] and Maharaja of Kaski and Lamjung, [[Juddha Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana]], a patrilineal descendant of [[Ramakrishna Kunwar]] of Gorkha. He is married to [[Priyadarshini Raje Scindia]] (nee Gaekwad) of the [[Gaekwad]] family of [[Baroda]].{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} His grandmother, Vijayraje Scindia, was among the BJP's founder members.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/jyotiraditya-scindia-joins-bjp-a-day-after-quitting-congress-may-get-rajya-sabha-seat-central-minist-2193131|title=Jyotiraditya Scindia Joins BJP, Says Congress No Longer The Party It Was|website=NDTV.com|access-date=2020-03-11}}</ref> He has a son and a daughter.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
==Political career==
===Indian National Congress===
[[File:Shri Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia taking charge as Minister of State for Communications & Information Technology, in New Delhi on April 09, 2008.jpg|thumb|Scindia in 2008 as Minister of State for Communications & Information Technology|left]]


==Political career==
On 30 September 2001, the Guna constituency fell vacant due to the death of Scindia's father, the sitting MP Madhavrao Scindia, in an aeroplane crash in [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Madhavrao Scindia Dies In Plane Crash |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/madhavrao-scindia-dies-in-plane-crash/213264 |publisher=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |access-date=14 February 2019 |date=30 September 2001 |archive-date=26 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626091103/https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/madhavrao-scindia-dies-in-plane-crash/213264 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 18 December, he formally joined the INC and pledged to uphold the "secular, liberal and social justice values" of his father.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Prasad |first1=K.V. |title=Like father, like son |url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2001/12/18/stories/2001121801521200.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=14 February 2019 |date=18 December 2001}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
===Early political career===
[[File:Shri Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia taking charge as Minister of State for Communications & Information Technology, in New Delhi on April 09, 2008.jpg|thumb|Scindia in 2008 as Minister of State for Communications & Information Technology.|left]]On 30 September 2001, the Guna constituency fell vacant due to the death of Scindia's father the sitting MP Madhavrao Scindia in an airplane crash in [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Madhavrao Scindia Dies In Plane Crash |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/madhavrao-scindia-dies-in-plane-crash/213264 |publisher=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |access-date=14 February 2019 |date=30 September 2001}}</ref> On 18 December, he formally joined the INC and pledged to uphold the "secular, liberal and social justice values" of his father.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Prasad |first1=K.V. |title=Like father, like son |url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2001/12/18/stories/2001121801521200.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=14 February 2019 |date=18 December 2001}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>


On 24 February, Scindia won the [[by-election]] in Guna, defeating his nearest rival, Desh Raj Singh Yadav of the BJP, by a margin of approximately 450,000 votes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jyotiraditya Scindia wins Guna by 4.5 lakh votes |url=https://www.rediff.com/election/2002/feb/24_bye_agen_rep_10.htm |work=Rediff.com |access-date=14 February 2019 |date=24 February 2002}}</ref> He was re-elected in May 2004,<ref>{{cite web |title=Jyotiraditya Scindia wins Guna by 4.5 lakh votes |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20040524-lok-sabha-polls-2004-power-families-in-parliament-790044-2004-05-24|publisher=India Today.com |access-date=17 September 2019 |date=24 May 2004}}</ref> and was introduced to the Union Council of Ministers in 2007 as Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology. He was then re-elected in 2009 for a third consecutive term and became Minister of State for Commerce and Industry.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jyotiraditya Scindia became Minister of State for Commerce and Industry.|url=https://www.business-standard.com/topic/jyotiraditya-scindia|publisher=business.standard.com |access-date=17 September 2019}}</ref>
On 24 February, he won the [[by-election]] in Guna, defeating his nearest rival, Desh Raj Singh Yadav of the BJP, by a margin of approximately 450,000 votes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jyotiraditya Scindia wins Guna by 4.5 lakh votes |url=https://www.rediff.com/election/2002/feb/24_bye_agen_rep_10.htm |work=Rediff.com |access-date=14 February 2019 |date=24 February 2002 |archive-date=15 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215050455/https://www.rediff.com/election/2002/feb/24_bye_agen_rep_10.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> He was re-elected in May 2004,<ref>{{cite web |title=Jyotiraditya Scindia wins Guna by 4.5 lakh votes |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20040524-lok-sabha-polls-2004-power-families-in-parliament-790044-2004-05-24 |publisher=India Today.com |access-date=17 September 2019 |date=24 May 2004 |archive-date=19 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719171310/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20040524-lok-sabha-polls-2004-power-families-in-parliament-790044-2004-05-24 |url-status=live }}</ref> and was introduced to the Union Council of Ministers in 2007 as Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology. He was then re-elected in 2009 for a third consecutive term and became Minister of State for Commerce and Industry.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jyotiraditya Scindia became Minister of State for Commerce and Industry.|newspaper=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/topic/jyotiraditya-scindia|publisher=business.standard.com|access-date=17 September 2019|archive-date=19 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719171521/https://www.business-standard.com/topic/jyotiraditya-scindia|url-status=live}}</ref>


Scindia was appointed Minister of State for Power in November 2012 in a cabinet reshuffle which drafted a number of younger politicians into the Indian cabinet, including two other scions of princely families, [[R. P. N. Singh]] and [[Jitendra Singh (INC politician)|Jitendra Singh]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Hartosh Singh Baal|title=The Princelings of India|publisher=International Herald Tribune|date=5 November 2012|url=http://latitude.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/05/the-princelings-of-indias-congress-party}}</ref>
He was appointed Minister of State for Communication in 2007 later as minister of state independent charge for Power in a cabinet reshuffle which drafted a number of younger politicians into the Indian cabinet, including two other scions of princely families, [[R. P. N. Singh]] and [[Jitendra Singh (INC politician)|Jitendra Singh]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Hartosh Singh Baal|title=The Princelings of India|publisher=International Herald Tribune|date=5 November 2012|url=http://latitude.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/05/the-princelings-of-indias-congress-party|access-date=13 August 2013|archive-date=14 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614045554/https://latitude.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/05/the-princelings-of-indias-congress-party|url-status=live}}</ref>


Scindia was among the richest ministers in the UPA government with assets nearly Rs. 25 crore ($5 million) including investments in Indian and foreign securities worth over {{INRConvert|16|c|0}} and jewellery worth over {{INRConvert|5.7|c|0}}.<ref name=scindia-assets1>{{cite web|title=Patel, Scindia among richest ministers in India|date=10 September 2010|publisher=Rediff Business|url=http://www.rediff.com/money/report/patel-scindia-among-richest-ministers-in-india/20100910.htm}}</ref> In 2010, he filed a legal claim to be the sole inheritor of the property belonging to his late father worth {{INRConvert|20000|c|0}}, however this was challenged in court by his aunts.<ref name=scindia-assets2>{{cite web|title=Scindia Feud: Castles in the heir|author=Ambreesh Mishra|date = 13 November 2010|publisher=India Today Magazine|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/scindia-feud-castle-in-the-heir/1/119732.html}}</ref>{{clarify|reason= so what happened? this is a decade ago|date=July 2020}}
He was among the richest ministers in the [[UPA government]] with assets valued at {{INR convert|25|c}} including investments in Indian and foreign securities worth over {{INRConvert|16|c|0}} and jewellery worth over {{INRConvert|5.7|c|0}}.<ref name=scindia-assets1>{{cite web|title=Patel, Scindia among richest ministers in India|date=10 September 2010|publisher=Rediff Business|url=http://www.rediff.com/money/report/patel-scindia-among-richest-ministers-in-india/20100910.htm|access-date=13 August 2013|archive-date=19 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719171526/https://www.rediff.com/money/report/patel-scindia-among-richest-ministers-in-india/20100910.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2010, he filed a legal claim to be the sole inheritor of the property belonging to his late father worth {{INRConvert|20000|c|0}}, however this was challenged in court by his aunts.<ref name=scindia-assets2>{{cite web|title=Scindia Feud: Castles in the heir|author=Ambreesh Mishra|date=13 November 2010|publisher=India Today Magazine|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/the-big-story/story/20101122-scindia-feud-castle-in-the-heir-744753-2010-11-12|access-date=13 August 2013|archive-date=11 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211201113/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/scindia-feud-castle-in-the-heir/1/119732.html|url-status=live}}</ref>{{clarify|reason= so what happened? this is a decade ago|date=July 2020}}


Scindia was tasked by the [[Planning Commission (India)|Indian Planning Commission]] with preventing a repetition of the [[July 2012 India blackout]], the [[List of power outages|largest power outage in history]], which affected over 620 million people, about 9% of the world population,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jul/31/india-blackout-electricity-power-cuts|title=India blackouts leave 700 million without power|date=31 July 2012|author=Helen Pidd|access-date=31 July 2012|work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=India's Mass Power Failure Worst Ever in World History |url=http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=770631 |work=Outlook |agency=Press Trust of India |date=1 August 2012 |access-date=1 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801052804/http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=770631 |archive-date= 1 August 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Grid safety tops Montek Singh Ahluwalia's wish list for Jyotiraditya Scindia|author=Sanjay Datta|date=20 November 2012|url=http://m.economictimes.com/news/news-by-industry/energy/power/grid-safety-tops-montek-singh-ahluwalias-wish-list-for-jyotiraditya-scindia/articleshow/17291823.cms}}</ref> In May 2013, Scindia claimed that checks and balances had been put in place to prevent any recurrence of grid collapse and that India would have the world's largest integrated grid by January 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=India's power grid set to be world's largest|author=Anupama Airy|publisher=Hindustan Times|date=13 May 2013|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/business-news/WorldEconomy/India-s-power-grid-set-to-be-world-s-largest/Article1-1059607.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618012255/http://www.hindustantimes.com/business-news/WorldEconomy/India-s-power-grid-set-to-be-world-s-largest/Article1-1059607.aspx|archive-date=18 June 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
He was tasked by the [[Planning Commission (India)|Indian Planning Commission]] with preventing a repetition of the [[July 2012 India blackout]], the [[List of power outages|largest power outage in history]], which affected over 620 million people (about 9% of the world population).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jul/31/india-blackout-electricity-power-cuts|title=India blackouts leave 700 million without power|date=31 July 2012|author=Helen Pidd|access-date=31 July 2012|work=The Guardian|archive-date=5 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605230637/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/31/india-blackout-electricity-power-cuts|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=India's Mass Power Failure Worst Ever in World History |url=http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=770631 |work=Outlook |agency=Press Trust of India |date=1 August 2012 |access-date=1 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801052804/http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=770631 |archive-date= 1 August 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Grid safety tops Montek Singh Ahluwalia's wish list for Jyotiraditya Scindia|author=Sanjay Datta|date=20 November 2012|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/energy/power/grid-safety-tops-montek-singh-ahluwalias-wish-list-for-jyotiraditya-scindia/articleshow/17291823.cms|access-date=13 August 2013|archive-date=23 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423022054/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/energy/power/grid-safety-tops-montek-singh-ahluwalias-wish-list-for-jyotiraditya-scindia/articleshow/17291823.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2013, he claimed that checks and balances had been put in place to prevent any recurrence of grid collapse and that India would have the world's largest integrated grid by January 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=India's power grid set to be world's largest|author=Anupama Airy|publisher=Hindustan Times|date=13 May 2013|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/business-news/WorldEconomy/India-s-power-grid-set-to-be-world-s-largest/Article1-1059607.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618012255/http://www.hindustantimes.com/business-news/WorldEconomy/India-s-power-grid-set-to-be-world-s-largest/Article1-1059607.aspx|archive-date=18 June 2013}}</ref>


In 2014, Scindia was elected from Guna<ref>{{cite news|title=Jyotiraditya Scindia wins Guna seat|publisher=Economic Times|date=16 May 2014|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/2014-lok-sabha-elections-results-jyotiraditya-scindia-wins-guna-seat/articleshow/35217932.cms}}</ref> but lost that seat to [[Krishna Pal Singh Yadav]] in 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guna Election Results 2019 Live Updates: Krishna Pal Singh of BJP Wins |url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/guna-election-results-2019-live-updates-winner-loser-leading-trailing-2154581.html |work=News18 |date=23 May 2019 |access-date=2019-09-14}}</ref>
In 2014, he was elected from Guna.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jyotiraditya Scindia wins Guna seat|publisher=Economic Times|date=16 May 2014|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/2014-lok-sabha-elections-results-jyotiraditya-scindia-wins-guna-seat/articleshow/35217932.cms|access-date=12 March 2020|archive-date=1 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501223458/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/2014-lok-sabha-elections-results-jyotiraditya-scindia-wins-guna-seat/articleshow/35217932.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, he lost his seat to [[Krishna Pal Singh Yadav]]. In 2019, he was appointed as General Secretary in-charge for Uttar Pradesh West along with [[Priyanka Gandhi|Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Guna Election Results 2019 Live Updates: Krishna Pal Singh of BJP Wins |url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/guna-election-results-2019-live-updates-winner-loser-leading-trailing-2154581.html |work=News18 |date=23 May 2019 |access-date=14 September 2019 |archive-date=2 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902104925/https://www.news18.com/news/politics/guna-election-results-2019-live-updates-winner-loser-leading-trailing-2154581.html |url-status=live }}</ref>


===Bharatiya Janata Party===
===Bharatiya Janata Party===
Citing disgruntlement with the INC leadership, he quit the party on {{dts|10 March 2020}} to join the BJP. The party then released a statement claiming that he had been expelled for "anti-party activities". He later joined the BJP on 11 March 2020.<ref>{{cite news|title=Stung by Scindia resignation congress claims it expelled guna royal for anti party activities|publisher= News18|date=10 March 2020|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/stung-by-scindias-resignation-congress-claims-it-expelled-guna-royal-for-anti-party-activities-2532049.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Jyotiraditya Scindia resigns from congress|author=Deepak Upadhyay|publisher=Live Mint |date=10 March 2020|url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/mp-political-crisis-jyotiraditya-scindia-meets-pm-narendra-modi-amit-shah-11583822170775.html}}</ref> Other MLAs loyal to him also resigned from the INC and their MLA posts in a [[2020 Madhya Pradesh political crisis|political crisis]] that led to the resignation of [[Kamal Nath]] as [[Chief Minister (India)|Chief Minister]].
[[File:Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia assumed charge as the Union Minister of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), in New Delhi on June 12, 2024.jpg|thumb|Jyotiraditya M. Scindia assumed charge as the Union [[Minister of Development of North Eastern Region]] (DoNER), in New Delhi on June 12, 2024.]]
Citing disgruntlement with the INC leadership, Scindia quit the Congress party on {{dts|10 March 2020}}. The Congress party then released a statement claiming that he had been expelled for "anti-party activities." He joined the BJP on 11 March 2020.<ref>{{cite news|title=Stung by Scindia resignation congress claims it expelled guna royal for anti party activities|publisher=News18|date=10 March 2020|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/stung-by-scindias-resignation-congress-claims-it-expelled-guna-royal-for-anti-party-activities-2532049.html|access-date=10 March 2020|archive-date=19 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719171521/https://www.news18.com/news/politics/stung-by-scindias-resignation-congress-claims-it-expelled-guna-royal-for-anti-party-activities-2532049.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Jyotiraditya Scindia resigns from congress|author=Deepak Upadhyay|publisher=Live Mint|date=10 March 2020|url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/mp-political-crisis-jyotiraditya-scindia-meets-pm-narendra-modi-amit-shah-11583822170775.html|access-date=10 March 2020|archive-date=19 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719171521/https://www.livemint.com/news/india/mp-political-crisis-jyotiraditya-scindia-meets-pm-narendra-modi-amit-shah-11583822170775.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Other MLAs loyal to him also resigned from the INC and their MLA posts. This led to the [[2020 Madhya Pradesh political crisis]] which in turn resulted in the resignation of [[Kamal Nath]] as [[Chief minister (India)|chief minister]] on 23 March 2020. Nath's replacement, [[Shivraj Singh Chouhan]], was sworn in as [[chief minister of Madhya Pradesh]] on 23 March 2020.<ref>{{cite news |title =22 rebel Cong MLAs, whose resignation led to fall of Kamal Nath govt, join BJP|url=https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/22-rebel-cong-mlas-whose-resignation-led-to-fall-of-kamal-nath-govt-join-bjp-11584797981690.html|publisher=Live Mint}}</ref>
 
On 19 June 2020, Scindia was elected a BJP [[Rajya Sabha]] MP from Madhya Pradesh.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jyotiraditya Scindia, Digvijaya Singh among 19 elected to Rajya Sabha|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=19 June 2020|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/rajya-sabha-elections-2020-results/article31871383.ece|access-date=18 July 2020|archive-date=19 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719171310/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/rajya-sabha-elections-2020-results/article31871383.ece|url-status=live}}</ref> On 7 July 2021, he was appointed as the [[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)|Minister of Civil Aviation]] in [[Second Modi ministry]] after a cabinet reshuffle in July 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/modi-cabinet-rejig-full-list-of-new-ministers-1825111-2021-07-07|title=Modi cabinet rejig: Full list of new ministers|website=India Today|date=7 July 2021 |access-date=7 July 2021|archive-date=7 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210707132605/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/modi-cabinet-rejig-full-list-of-new-ministers-1825111-2021-07-07|url-status=live}}</ref>


On 19 June 2020, Scindia was elected a BJP [[Rajya Sabha]] MP from Madhya Pradesh.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jyotiraditya Scindia, Digvijaya Singh among 19 elected to Rajya Sabha|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=19 June 2020|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/rajya-sabha-elections-2020-results/article31871383.ece}}</ref>He became [[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)|Minister of Civil Aviation]] in [[Second Modi ministry]] when cabinet overhaul happened.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/modi-cabinet-rejig-full-list-of-new-ministers-1825111-2021-07-07|title=Modi cabinet rejig: Full list of new ministers|website=India Today|access-date=2021-07-07}}</ref>  
In February 2022, he was appointed Prime Minister Modi's special envoy to Romania to oversee the evacuation of Indian nationals in Ukraine resulting from the ongoing [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]]. As a part of [[Operation Ganga]], he oversaw the evacuation efforts of students and Indian professionals through [[Bucharest]] and [[Suceava]].<ref>{{Cite web |title='Operation Ganga in full gear!': Jyotiraditya Scindia meets Indian Ambassador to Romania, Moldova on evacuation of Indian nationals in Ukraine |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/operation-ganga-in-full-gear-jyotiraditya-scindia-meets-indian-ambassador-to-romania-moldova-on-evacuation-of-indian-nationals-in-ukraine |access-date=2 March 2022 |website=Free Press Journal |language=en |archive-date=2 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302025234/https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/operation-ganga-in-full-gear-jyotiraditya-scindia-meets-indian-ambassador-to-romania-moldova-on-evacuation-of-indian-nationals-in-ukraine |url-status=live }}</ref>


==Other roles==
==Other roles==
Scindia is the chairman of the regional [[Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association]] (MPCA).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mpcaonline.com/details.php?bWVudT1tYW5hZ2luZ19jb21taXR0ZWVzLnBocA== |title=MPCA, Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association, Indore &#124; Cricket in Madhya Pradesh &#124; Cricket &#124; Indore &#124; MPCA &#124; CK Naidu &#124; Holkar Cricket &#124; Holkar Stadium |publisher=Mpcaonline.com |access-date=18 July 2013 |archive-date=19 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719001052/http://mpcaonline.com/details.php?bWVudT1tYW5hZ2luZ19jb21taXR0ZWVzLnBocA== |url-status=dead }}</ref> After the [[spot fixing]] scandal in the [[Indian Premier League]] was made apparent and [[Sanjay Jagdale]], a member of the MPCA, resigned from his post as secretary in the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]], Scindia spoke out against corruption in Indian cricket.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://zeenews.india.com/sports/cricket/scindia-calls-for-time-frame-to-complete-spot-fixing-enquiry_763971.html|title=Scindia calls for time-frame to complete spot-fixing enquiry|publisher=Z-News, India|date=24 June 2013|access-date=13 August 2013|archive-date=1 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501044247/https://zeenews.india.com/sports/cricket/scindia-calls-for-time-frame-to-complete-spot-fixing-enquiry_763971.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


Scindia is chairman of the regional [[Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association]] (MPCA) in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mpcaonline.com/details.php?bWVudT1tYW5hZ2luZ19jb21taXR0ZWVzLnBocA== |title=MPCA, Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association, Indore &#124; Cricket in Madhya Pradesh &#124; Cricket &#124; Indore &#124; MPCA &#124; CK Naidu &#124; Holkar Cricket &#124; Holkar Stadium |publisher=Mpcaonline.com |access-date=2013-07-18}}</ref> After the [[spot fixing]] scandal in the [[Indian Premier League]] exploded in the media and [[Sanjay Jagdale]], a member of the MPCA resigned from his job as secretary from the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]], Scindia spoke out against corruption in Indian cricket.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://zeenews.india.com/sports/cricket/scindia-calls-for-time-frame-to-complete-spot-fixing-enquiry_763971.html|title=Scindia calls for time-frame to complete spot-fixing enquiry|publisher=Z-News, India|date = 24 June 2013}}</ref>
He is the president of the Board of Governors of [[Scindia School]] and [[Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya]] which was founded by his great-grandfather, [[Madho Rao Scindia]], in 1897.<ref>{{cite news |title=Public schools in India woo British Asian pupils|author=Amit Roy|date=1 January 2006|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4199939/Public-schools-in-India-woo-British-Asian-pupils.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4199939/Public-schools-in-India-woo-British-Asian-pupils.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|publisher=The Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Scindia School: Fees and Funding|year=2013|url=http://www.scindia.edu/pros-students.php?CId=23|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101142813/http://www.scindia.edu/pros-students.php?CId=23|archive-date=1 November 2013}}</ref> He is a hereditary patron of [[Daly College]], Indore which was established in 1870 to educate the children of the royalty, [[nobility]], and aristocracy of Central Indian princely states of the [[Maratha Empire|Marathas]], [[Rajput]]s and [[Bundela]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dalycollege.org/patrons.html|title=Patrons|website=Daly college|access-date=9 September 2019|archive-date=3 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703112702/https://www.dalycollege.org/patrons.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He is also the chairman of [[Madhav Institute of Technology and Science]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mitsgwalior.in/BOG.php|title=Chairman|website=MITS Gwalior|access-date=28 May 2020|archive-date=27 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327030311/https://mitsgwalior.in/BOG.php|url-status=live}}</ref> and President of [[Samrat Ashok Technological Institute]] (SATI, Vidisha)<ref name="p822">{{cite web | title=Samrat Ashok Technological Institute, Vidisha | website=Society | url=https://www.satiengg.in/about-us/society | access-date=9 September 2025}}</ref>


[[File:The Scindia School.jpg|thumb|The Scindia School of which Jyotiraditya is President of the Board of Governors.]]
==See also==
*[[Jai Vilas Mahal]]
* [[Third Modi ministry]]


Scindia is President of the Board of Governors of [[Scindia School]], Gwalior, which was founded by his great-grandfather, [[Madho Rao Scindia]], in 1897.<ref>{{cite news |title=Public schools in India woo British Asian pupils|author=Amit Roy|date=1 January 2006|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4199939/Public-schools-in-India-woo-British-Asian-pupils.html|publisher=The Telegraph}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Scindia School: Fees and Funding|year=2013|url=http://www.scindia.edu/pros-students.php?CId=23|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101142813/http://www.scindia.edu/pros-students.php?CId=23|archive-date=1 November 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
==References==
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He is also a hereditary patron of [[Daly College]], Indore, which was established in 1882 to educate the children of the royalty, [[nobility]] and aristocracy of Central Indian princely states.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dalycollege.org/patrons.html|title=Patrons|website=Daly college|access-date=9 September 2019}}</ref>
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Scindia is chairman of [[Madhav Institute of Technology and Science]] one of the most prominent Engineering College of Gwalior Chambal Region which was founded in 1957.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mitsgwalior.in/BOG.php|title=Chairman|website=MITS Gwalior|access-date=28 May 2020}}</ref>
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Jyotiraditya Scindia
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Official portrait, 2021
43rd Union Minister of Communications
Assumed office
9 June 2024
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byAshwini Vaishnaw
10th Union Minister of the Development of North Eastern Region
Assumed office
9 June 2024
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byG. Kishan Reddy
34th Union Minister of Steel
In office
6 July 2022 – 9 June 2024
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byRamchandra Prasad Singh
Succeeded byH. D. Kumaraswamy
32nd Union Minister of Civil Aviation
In office
7 July 2021 – 9 June 2024
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byHardeep Singh Puri (as MoS I/C)
Succeeded byKinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu
30th Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power
In office
28 October 2012 – 26 May 2014
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byVeerappa Moily (as Minister)
Succeeded byPiyush Goyal
Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry
In office
28 May 2009 – 28 October 2012
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
MinisterAnand Sharma
Preceded byJairam Ramesh
Succeeded byDaggubati Purandeswari
Union Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology
In office
6 April 2008 – 22 May 2009
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
MinisterAndimuthu Raja
Preceded byShakeel Ahmad
Succeeded byGurudas Kamat
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
4 June 2024
Preceded byDr. K. P. Yadav
ConstituencyGuna, Madhya Pradesh
In office
24 February 2002 – 23 May 2019
Preceded byMadhavrao Scindia
Succeeded byDr. K. P. Yadav
ConstituencyGuna, Madhya Pradesh
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
20 June 2020 – 4 June 2024
Preceded bySatyanarayan Jatiya
Succeeded byGeorge Kurian
ConstituencyMadhya Pradesh
Personal details
Born
Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia

(1971-01-01) 1 January 1971 (age 55)
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
(present-day Mumbai)
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (since 2020)
Other political
affiliations		Indian National Congress
(2001–2020)
Spouse(s)
Priyadarshini Raje Scindia
​
(
m. 1994)
Children
  • Mahanaaryman Scindia (son)
  • Ananya Raje (daughter)
Parent(s)
Residence
Alma materHarvard University (B.A)
Stanford University (MBA)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • social worker
FamilyScindia family
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Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia (born 1 January 1971; hi) is an Indian politician who is serving as the 56th Minister of Communications and 10th Minister of Development of North Eastern Region since 2024. He was a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha representing the state of Madhya Pradesh from 2020 till his win in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.[1] He was a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha, representing the Guna constituency in Madhya Pradesh from 2002 until his defeat in the 2019 Indian general election, and then since 4 June 2024. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since 2020 and was a former member of the Indian National Congress (INC) from 2001 to 2020. While a member of the INC, he was the Union Minister for Power and Corporate in the second Manmohan Singh ministry from 2012 to 2014.

Scindia is the son of politician Madhavrao Scindia, and a grandson of Jiwajirao Scindia, the last ruler of the princely state of Gwalior during the British Raj in India. Jyotiraditya was briefly the titular Crown Prince of Gwalior in 1971, until the privy purses and titles of Indian royals were abolished by the government in 1971.

Early life and education[edit | edit source]

Scindia was born on 1 January 1971 in Mumbai to Madhavrao Scindia and Madhavi Raje Scindia. He originally belongs to Kurmi caste.[2]

Scindia was educated at Campion School, Mumbai and at The Doon School, Dehradun.[3] At Doon School, Scindia was a contemporary of Rahul Gandhi.[4] He then studied at St. Stephen's College, Delhi. He later went to Harvard College, the undergraduate liberal arts college of Harvard University, where he graduated with BA degree in Economics in 1993. In 2001, he received a Master of Business Administration from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.[5][6][7]

Scindia is a grandson of Jiwajirao Scindia, the last Maharaja of the princely state of Gwalior. His father Madhavrao was a politician and a minister in the government of Rajiv Gandhi. His mother, Madhavi Raje (Kiran Rajya Lakshmi Devi), hails from the Rana dynasty of Nepal. He is married to Priyadarshini Raje of the prominent Gaekwad dynasty of Baroda (who studied at Fort Convent School, Mumbai and later Sophia College.[8]

Political career[edit | edit source]

Indian National Congress[edit | edit source]

Scindia in 2008 as Minister of State for Communications & Information Technology

On 30 September 2001, the Guna constituency fell vacant due to the death of Scindia's father, the sitting MP Madhavrao Scindia, in an aeroplane crash in Uttar Pradesh.[9] On 18 December, he formally joined the INC and pledged to uphold the "secular, liberal and social justice values" of his father.[10]

On 24 February, he won the by-election in Guna, defeating his nearest rival, Desh Raj Singh Yadav of the BJP, by a margin of approximately 450,000 votes.[11] He was re-elected in May 2004,[12] and was introduced to the Union Council of Ministers in 2007 as Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology. He was then re-elected in 2009 for a third consecutive term and became Minister of State for Commerce and Industry.[13]

He was appointed Minister of State for Communication in 2007 later as minister of state independent charge for Power in a cabinet reshuffle which drafted a number of younger politicians into the Indian cabinet, including two other scions of princely families, R. P. N. Singh and Jitendra Singh.[14]

He was among the richest ministers in the UPA government with assets valued at ₹25 crore (US$3.5 million) including investments in Indian and foreign securities worth over ₹16 crore (US$2 million) and jewellery worth over ₹5.7 crore (US$799,140).[15] In 2010, he filed a legal claim to be the sole inheritor of the property belonging to his late father worth ₹20,000 crore (US$3 billion), however this was challenged in court by his aunts.[16][clarification needed]

He was tasked by the Indian Planning Commission with preventing a repetition of the July 2012 India blackout, the largest power outage in history, which affected over 620 million people (about 9% of the world population).[17][18][19] In May 2013, he claimed that checks and balances had been put in place to prevent any recurrence of grid collapse and that India would have the world's largest integrated grid by January 2014.[20]

In 2014, he was elected from Guna.[21] In 2019, he lost his seat to Krishna Pal Singh Yadav. In 2019, he was appointed as General Secretary in-charge for Uttar Pradesh West along with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.[22]

Bharatiya Janata Party[edit | edit source]

Jyotiraditya M. Scindia assumed charge as the Union Minister of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), in New Delhi on June 12, 2024.

Citing disgruntlement with the INC leadership, Scindia quit the Congress party on 10 March 2020. The Congress party then released a statement claiming that he had been expelled for "anti-party activities." He joined the BJP on 11 March 2020.[23][24] Other MLAs loyal to him also resigned from the INC and their MLA posts. This led to the 2020 Madhya Pradesh political crisis which in turn resulted in the resignation of Kamal Nath as chief minister on 23 March 2020. Nath's replacement, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, was sworn in as chief minister of Madhya Pradesh on 23 March 2020.[25]

On 19 June 2020, Scindia was elected a BJP Rajya Sabha MP from Madhya Pradesh.[26] On 7 July 2021, he was appointed as the Minister of Civil Aviation in Second Modi ministry after a cabinet reshuffle in July 2021.[27]

In February 2022, he was appointed Prime Minister Modi's special envoy to Romania to oversee the evacuation of Indian nationals in Ukraine resulting from the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. As a part of Operation Ganga, he oversaw the evacuation efforts of students and Indian professionals through Bucharest and Suceava.[28]

Other roles[edit | edit source]

Scindia is the chairman of the regional Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA).[29] After the spot fixing scandal in the Indian Premier League was made apparent and Sanjay Jagdale, a member of the MPCA, resigned from his post as secretary in the Board of Control for Cricket in India, Scindia spoke out against corruption in Indian cricket.[30]

He is the president of the Board of Governors of Scindia School and Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya which was founded by his great-grandfather, Madho Rao Scindia, in 1897.[31][32] He is a hereditary patron of Daly College, Indore which was established in 1870 to educate the children of the royalty, nobility, and aristocracy of Central Indian princely states of the Marathas, Rajputs and Bundelas.[33] He is also the chairman of Madhav Institute of Technology and Science.[34] and President of Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (SATI, Vidisha)[35]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ The Economic Times (6 June 2024). "Bullish Wins & Bearish Losses: Here are the key contests and results of 2024 Lok Sabha polls". Archived from the original on 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  2. ↑ M, Dilip; al (12 March 2019). "Congress has never been a party of OBCs, but something's changing now". ThePrint. Archived from the original on 10 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  3. ↑ "The evolution of Honorable Shri. Jyotiraditya Scindia". Times of India. 2 June 2002. Archived from the original on 19 July 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
  4. ↑ "The prince who will be king". The Times of India. 5 October 2001.
  5. ↑ "Honorable Shri. Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia - Minister of State for Commerce & Industry". Department of Commerce, Government of India. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  6. ↑ "Jyotiraditya M. Scindia - Minister of State for Commerce & Industry". Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Government of India. Archived from the original on 22 March 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  7. ↑ The Lallantop (17 February 2024). Jyotiraditya Scindia ने Saurabh Dwivedi को PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi, 'तहखाने' पर क्या बताया? | Jamghat. Retrieved 20 July 2024 – via YouTube.
  8. ↑ "Jyotiraditya Scindia's complete family tree explained". Oneindia. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  9. ↑ "Madhavrao Scindia Dies In Plane Crash". Outlook. 30 September 2001. Archived from the original on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  10. ↑ Prasad, K.V. (18 December 2001). "Like father, like son". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 February 2019.[dead link]
  11. ↑ "Jyotiraditya Scindia wins Guna by 4.5 lakh votes". Rediff.com. 24 February 2002. Archived from the original on 15 February 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  12. ↑ "Jyotiraditya Scindia wins Guna by 4.5 lakh votes". India Today.com. 24 May 2004. Archived from the original on 19 July 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  13. ↑ "Jyotiraditya Scindia became Minister of State for Commerce and Industry". Business Standard India. business.standard.com. Archived from the original on 19 July 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  14. ↑ Hartosh Singh Baal (5 November 2012). "The Princelings of India". International Herald Tribune. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  15. ↑ "Patel, Scindia among richest ministers in India". Rediff Business. 10 September 2010. Archived from the original on 19 July 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  16. ↑ Ambreesh Mishra (13 November 2010). "Scindia Feud: Castles in the heir". India Today Magazine. Archived from the original on 11 December 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  17. ↑ Helen Pidd (31 July 2012). "India blackouts leave 700 million without power". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 5 June 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  18. ↑ "India's Mass Power Failure Worst Ever in World History". Outlook. Press Trust of India. 1 August 2012. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  19. ↑ Sanjay Datta (20 November 2012). "Grid safety tops Montek Singh Ahluwalia's wish list for Jyotiraditya Scindia". Archived from the original on 23 April 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  20. ↑ Anupama Airy (13 May 2013). "India's power grid set to be world's largest". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 18 June 2013.
  21. ↑ "Jyotiraditya Scindia wins Guna seat". Economic Times. 16 May 2014. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  22. ↑ "Guna Election Results 2019 Live Updates: Krishna Pal Singh of BJP Wins". News18. 23 May 2019. Archived from the original on 2 September 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  23. ↑ "Stung by Scindia resignation congress claims it expelled guna royal for anti party activities". News18. 10 March 2020. Archived from the original on 19 July 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  24. ↑ Deepak Upadhyay (10 March 2020). "Jyotiraditya Scindia resigns from congress". Live Mint. Archived from the original on 19 July 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  25. ↑ "22 rebel Cong MLAs, whose resignation led to fall of Kamal Nath govt, join BJP". Live Mint.
  26. ↑ "Jyotiraditya Scindia, Digvijaya Singh among 19 elected to Rajya Sabha". The Hindu. 19 June 2020. Archived from the original on 19 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
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