Sachin Pilot

Sachin Pilot
Pilot at the World Economic Forum's India Economic Summit, 2010
Member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 December 2018
Preceded by	Ajit Singh Mehta
Constituency	Tonk
5th Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan
In office 17 December 2018 – 14 July 2020
Minister	Public Works Department. Rural Development & Panchayati Raj. Science & Technology. Statistic
Governor	Kalyan Singh Kalraj Mishra
Chief Minister	Ashok Gehlot
President of the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee
In office 13 January 2014 – 14 July 2020
National President	Sonia Gandhi Rahul Gandhi
Preceded by	C. P. Joshi
Succeeded by	Govind Singh Dotasra
Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Corporate Affairs
In office 29 October 2012 – 24 May 2014
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Veerappa Moily
Succeeded by	Arun Jaitley
Minister of State, Ministry of 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
In office 17 May 2004 – 16 May 2009
Preceded by	Rama Pilot
Succeeded by	Kirodi Lal Meena
Constituency	Dausa
Personal details
Born	Sachin Rajesh Pilot (1977-09-07) 7 September 1977 Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse(s)	Sara Pilot ( m. 2004)
Children	2
Parent(s)	Rajesh Pilot (father) Rama Pilot (mother)
Relatives	Farooq Abdullah (father-in-law) Omar Abdullah (brother-in-law)
Alma mater	University of Delhi (BA) I.M.T. Ghaziabad (PGDM) University of Pennsylvania (MBA)
Military service
Allegiance	India
Branch/service	Indian Army
Years of service	2011– present
Rank	Captain
Unit	Sikh Regiment

Sachin Pilot (born 7 September 1977) is an Indian politician who served as the MoS (Independent charge) Corporate Affairs  & MoS Communication & IT, Government of India, Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan and also President of the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee. As Member of the Congress party, he has represented the Tonk assembly seat in Rajasthan since 2018. Sachin became the youngest citizen of India to become Member of Parliament.

Pilot was previously a member of the Indian Parliament for the 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. He served as the Minister of Corporate Affairs in the second Manmohan Singh Ministry.

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 Noida Uttar Pradesh.

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. He was employed with the Delhi Bureau of the British Broadcasting Corporation, and then with American multinational corporation General Motors for two years.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

In 2014, he was appointed the President of the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee.

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. It was speculated that Pilot, who was considered instrumental in the Congress's victory in the state, would be given the post of chief minister. On 17 December 2018, he was sworn in as Deputy chief Minister of Rajasthan under Ashok Gehlot.

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. An aide of Pilot's indicated that he would not be joining the Bharatiya Janata Party.

The Indian National Congress on 14 July 2020, sacked Sachin Pilot as the Deputy Chief Minister and Rajasthan Congress President for his revolt against the party and its leadership.

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".

The Rajasthan Speaker, C.P. Joshi, issued notices to 19 dissident Congress MLAs including Sachin 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. 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.

Personal life

Sachin Pilot married Sara Abdullah on 15 January 2004. Sara Abdullah is the daughter of Farooq Abdullah, chairman of Jammu & Kashmir National Conference and ex-Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. Together they have two sons, Aaran and Vehaan.

His father, Rajesh Pilot was also member of parliament and was also union minister.

Army service

Sachin Pilot on 6 September 2012 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 therefore known as Captain Pilot for being an officer in the Territorial Army. 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 honoured to be part of this family."

Books published

• Rajesh Pilot: In Spirit Forever, co-authored with sister Sarika Pilot.

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 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 Minister of State 28 May 2009 to 28 October 2012	Succeeded by
Lok Sabha
Preceded by Rasa Singh Rawat	Member of Parliament for Ajmer 16 May 2009 to 16 May 2014	Succeeded by Sanwar Lal Jat
Preceded by Rama Pilot	Member of Parliament for Dausa 17 May 2004 to 16 May 2009	Succeeded by Kirodi Lal Meena