Sachin Pilot

Captain Sachin Pilot
Pilot in 2024
Member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 December 2018
Preceded by	Ajit Singh Mehta
Constituency	Tonk
General Secretary of Indian National Congress for Chhattisgarh
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 December 2023
President	Mallikarjun Kharge
Preceded by	Kumari Selja
4th Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan
In office 17 December 2018 – 14 July 2020
Governor	Kalyan Singh<br />Kalraj Mishra
Chief Minister	Ashok Gehlot
Ministry and Departments	Public Works Department Rural Development & Panchayati Raj Science & Technology Statistic
Succeeded by	Diya Kumari<br />Prem Chand Bairwa
President of the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee
In office 13 January 2014 – 14 July 2020
National President	Sonia Gandhi<br />Rahul Gandhi
Preceded by	C. P. Joshi
Succeeded by	Govind Singh Dotasra
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Corporate Affairs
In office 29 October 2012 – 24 May 2014
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Veerappa Moily
Succeeded by	Arun Jaitley
Union Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology
In office 28 May 2009 – 28 October 2012
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 16 May 2009 – 16 May 2014
Preceded by	Rasa Singh Rawat
Succeeded by	Sanwar Lal Jat
Constituency	Ajmer, Rajasthan
In office 17 May 2004 – 16 May 2009
Preceded by	Rama Pilot
Succeeded by	Kirodi Lal Meena
Constituency	Dausa, Rajasthan
Personal details
Born	Sachin Rajesh Pilot (1977-09-07) 7 September 1977 Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse(s)	Sara Abdullah ​ ( m. 2004; div. 2023)
Children	2 (Ahaan , Vehaan Pilot)
Parent(s)	Rajesh Pilot (father) <br />Rama Pilot (mother)
Alma mater	Delhi University (BA)<br /> I.M.T. Ghaziabad <br />(PGDM)<br />Pennsylvania University (MBA)
Profession	Indian Politician
Military service
Allegiance	India
Branch/service	Indian Army
Years of service	2011–present
Rank	Captain
Unit	Territorial Army

Captain Sachin Rajesh Pilot (born 7 September 1977) is an Indian politician. A member of the Indian National Congress, he has been serving as Member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Tonk since 2018. He has previously served as Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Corporate Affairs and Communication and IT in the Government of India<ref>"Cabinet reshuffle: Ministers take charge - Pawan Kumar Bansal the new Railways Minister". The Economic Times. Retrieved 6 October 2021.</ref> under Manmohan Singh.<ref name="7bBzl">"Congress sacks Sachin Pilot as Rajasthan deputy CM, PCC chief". The Times of India. 14 July 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.</ref><ref name="JIRzN">"The End Nears. Sachin Pilot Is Now Ex Deputy Chief Minister". NDTV.</ref> Additionally he served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 2018 to 2020 under Ashok Gehlot. Pilot became the youngest citizen of India to become Member of Parliament at the age of 26.<ref>"Who is Sachin Pilot?". The Times of India. 1 November 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2021.</ref>

Pilot was born to late Congress leader Rajesh Pilot and Rama Pilot. He was previously a member of the Indian Parliament for Ajmer in 2009 and Dausa constituencies of Rajasthan, becoming the youngest member of parliament when he was elected from the latter seat in 2004, aged 26. He was unseated from the Lok Sabha during the 2014 election from Ajmer constituency.<ref name="5Qqpp">"Rajasthan Election Result 2018 Highlights: Ashok Gehlot Named Chief Minister, Sachin Pilot Will Be Deputy CM". Moneycontrol. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2021.</ref> He served as the Minister of Corporate Affairs in the UPA-2 government tenure (2012–2014).<ref>"Sachin Pilot". Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI). 7 August 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2023.</ref>

He studied at Air Force Bal Bharati School, New Delhi, and holds a B.A. from St. Stephens College, University of Delhi, a diploma in marketing from I.M.T. Ghaziabad and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.<ref name="L19J1">"Lok Sabha 2009 Winner - Ajmer (Rajasthan): Sachin Pilot". myneta.info. Retrieved 1 December 2013.</ref> He was employed with the Delhi Bureau of the British Broadcasting Corporation, and then with American multinational corporation General Motors for two years.<ref>"Detailed professional background before entering politics". Elections.in.</ref>

Early life

Pilot was born to late Congress leader Rajesh Pilot and Rama Pilot. His father was a Union minister of India. His ancestral village is Vaidpura in Greater Noida (West), Uttar Pradesh.<ref name="76M5F">"Sachin Pilot". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 5 November 2019.</ref>

Career

Pilot receives the President of Malawi Bingu wa Mutharika in New Delhi, c. 2010.

In the 2004 Lok Sabha elections, Pilot was elected from the Dausa constituency. At the age of 26, he became the youngest MP in India.<ref name="IjnBrew" />

In the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, he defeated the Bharatiya Janata Party's Kiran Maheshwari by a margin of 76,596 votes and won the seat of Ajmer.<ref>"IndiaVotes.com | Lok Sabha / 2009 / Rajasthan / Ajmer". Indiavotes.com.</ref>

Pilot was a member of the Lok Sabha's Standing Committee on Home Affairs and member of the Consultative Committee in the Ministry of Civil Aviation. In 2012, he became the Minister of Corporate Affairs in the second Manmohan Singh ministry.<ref>"SACHIN PILOT". londonspeakerbureau.com.</ref>

In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, he was again nominated from the Ajmer constituency and was defeated by a margin of 1,71,983 votes by Bharatiya Janata Party's sitting MLA Sanwarlal Jat.<ref>"Sachin Pilot loses Ajmer seat to BJP candidate". Business Standard. 16 May 2014.</ref>

In 2014, he was appointed the President of the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee.<ref name="IjnBrew">"Sachin: The pilot who helped drive Cong to victory in Rajasthan". The Hindu Business Line. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2020.</ref>

Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan

Early times

In the 2018 Legislative Assembly elections, Pilot won from the Tonk seat, after defeating Yunus Khan by a margin of 54,179 votes.<ref name="jIk9L">"Rajasthan Elections: Sachin Pilot Wins Tonk By Over 54,000 Votes". Huffington Post. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.</ref> It was speculated that Pilot, who was considered instrumental in the Congress's victory in the state,<ref name="IjnBrew" /> would be given the post of chief minister.<ref name="2vWEZ">"Congress picks Ashok Gehlot as Rajasthan CM, Sachin Pilot as Deputy CM". The Economic Times. 15 December 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2020.</ref><ref name="D6Kko">"Good evening, Rajasthan. This is your pilot Ashok Gehlot. With me is my co-pilot Sachin". India Today. 15 December 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2020.</ref> On 17 December 2018, he was sworn in as Deputy chief Minister of Rajasthan under Ashok Gehlot.<ref name="xZF8P">"Ashok Gehlot sworn in as Rajasthan chief minister, Sachin Pilot as deputy CM". The Times of India. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2020.</ref>

2020 political crisis

See also: 2020 Rajasthan political crisis

On 13 July 2020, Pilot's office issued a statement saying that the government of chief minister Ashok Gehlot was in a minority.<ref name="231SF">"Sachin Pilot revolts, says Gehlot govt in minority; Dy CM claims support of 30 MLAs". Times of India. 13 July 2020.</ref> An aide of Pilot's indicated that he would not be joining the Bharatiya Janata Party.<ref name="I5qtc">"Sachin Pilot not joining BJP, says his aide amid turmoil in Rajasthan Congress". Hindustan Times. 13 July 2020.</ref>

On 14 July 2020, the Indian National Congress sacked Pilot as the Deputy Chief Minister and Rajasthan Congress President for his revolt against the party and its leadership.<ref name="lJUTX">"Sachin Pilot Sacked as Deputy CM, State Congress Chief After Revolt; Ashok Gehlot Meets Governor". News18.</ref>

After his revolt there was speculation that he would join the BJP, like his former colleague Jyotiraditya Scindia, but on 15 July 2020 he rejected the rumours and stated: "I am still a member of the Congress party".<ref name="UjkEF">""Not Joining BJP, Attempt To Malign Me Before Gandhis": Sachin Pilot". NDTV.</ref>

The Rajasthan Speaker, C.P. Joshi, issued notices to 19 dissident Congress MLAs including Pilot on 14 July 2020 after the Rajasthan Congress passed a resolution that they be disqualified from the state Assembly as they had defied a party whip to attend two Congress Legislature Party meetings.<ref name="G62y7">"Gehlot guns for disqualification, Pilot says dissent: A look at precedence". India Today.</ref><ref name="4mO6H">"Rajasthan political crisis:Sachin Pilot takes Congress to court over disqualification".</ref> Pilot challenged this notice in the Rajasthan High Court on 17 July 2020. The High Court asked the Speaker to defer action on disqualification notices till 21 July 2020.<ref name="tPdiG">"High Court asks Speaker to defer action on disqualification notices till July 21". The Hindu.</ref> The High Court ordered "status quo" to be maintained, essentially putting the disqualification procedure on hold, on 24 July 2020.<ref>Iqbal, Mohammed (24 July 2020). "Relief to Sachin Pilot, 18 MLAs as High Court orders status quo on disqualification notices". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2 July 2024.</ref>

Post 2020

In 2023, before the 2024 Indian general elections Pilot was appointed the general secretary for the Chhattisgarh Congress.<ref>"Sachin Pilot gets Chhattisgarh in Congress reshuffle, Priyanka Gandhi sans portfolio". Hindustan Times. 23 December 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2024.</ref>

Electoral history

Electoral History
Election	Party		House	Constituency	Status
2004		INC	Lok Sabha	Dausa	Won
2009				Ajmer	Won
2014					Lost
2018		INC	Rajasthan Legislative Assembly	Tonk	Won
2023		INC	Rajasthan Legislative Assembly	Tonk	Won

Personal life

Pilot married Sara Abdullah on 15 January 2004. She is the daughter of Farooq Abdullah, president of Jammu & Kashmir National Conference and ex-Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.<ref name="0q7Jd">Ismat Tahseen (25 July 2010). "I don't take advantage of my surname: Sara Pilot". DNAindia.com. Retrieved 3 March 2014.</ref> Together they have two sons. Later Sachin Pilot and Sara Abdullah have separated after nearly two decades of marriage, according to his poll affidavit for Rajasthan Assembly Election 2023.<ref name="NXKz9">"Sachin Pilot shows assets worth Rs 4.5 crore". The Times of India. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 8 December 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2017.</ref><ref name="5aPOl">"A Football match by Cequin". photogallery.IndiaTimes.com. Retrieved 8 July 2017.</ref><ref name="Gy145">Sarah Abdullah and Sachin Pilot .(2008-11-06). Retrieved on 5 April 2012.</ref>

His father, Rajesh Pilot, was also member of parliament and was also union minister.<ref>"As A Boy, He Delivered Milk To A Bungalow. As A Minister, Rajesh Pilot Lived There". NDTV.</ref><ref>"Kharge, Sachin Pilot pay tribute to former Union Minister Rajesh Pilot on his birth anniversary". ANI news.</ref> The 2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election nomination paper filed by Pilot revealed that he is divorced from his wife.<ref>"हलफनामे में सचिन पायलट ने खुद को बताया 'Divorced', 64.3 लाख रुपए की है आय". Zee News (in हिन्दी). 31 October 2023.</ref>

Army service

On 6 September 2012, Pilot became the first Union minister of India to be commissioned as an officer in the Territorial Army, fulfilling his desire to follow his father's footsteps to be in the armed forces. He is known as Captain Pilot for being an officer in the Territorial Army.<ref name="dnaindia.com">"Sachin Pilot commissioned as Territorial Army officer". DNAIndia.com. 6 September 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2017.</ref> After being commissioned he said, "This has been my desire to join the army for very long as I wanted to have my links with the armed forces, like my father and grandfather. I am honored to be part of this family."<ref name="dnaindia.com" />

Books published

• Rajesh Pilot: In Spirit Forever, co-authored with sister Sarika Pilot.<ref name="TsjHF">"Pilot takes off". The Times of India. 18 January 2003. Retrieved 27 February 2021.</ref>

References

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External links

• [1] profile on Lok Sabha site
• Sachin Pilot on Facebook
• Sachin Pilot on Instagram
• Sachin Pilot on Twitter

Government offices
Preceded by Veerappa Moily	Minister of Corporate Affairs<br />Minister of State (Independent charge) 29 October 2012 to 26 May 2014	Succeeded by Arun Jaitley
Preceded by Veerappa Moily	Ministry of Communications and Information Technology<br />Minister of State 28 May 2009 to 28 October 2012	Succeeded by
Lok Sabha
Preceded by Rasa Singh Rawat	Member of Parliament<br />for Ajmer 16 May 2009 to 16 May 2014	Succeeded by Sanwar Lal Jat
Preceded by Rama Pilot	Member of Parliament<br />for Dausa 17 May 2004 to 16 May 2009	Succeeded by Kirodi Lal Meena