Bhopal: Catapulted into the political sphere by destiny in the wake of his sire Shrimant Madhavrao Scindia’s demise in a plane crash in 2001, Jyotiraditya Scindia – now a Bharatiya Janata Party stalwart and just sworn in as Union Cabinet Minister – was first elected to Parliament from Guna in Madhya Pradesh on a Congress ticket in 2002 in a by-election necessitated by the death of his father, a seasoned politician who had no less than nine consecutive terms in the House of the People.
Born on January 1, 1971 in the Maharashtra capital to Madhavrao and Madhavi Raje; Jyotiraditya – MA, MBA – was educated at Doon School, Harvard and Stanford.
From 2002-04; he served as Member, Standing Committee on Finance and Member, Standing Committee on External Affairs. In 2004, he was elected to the 14th Lok Sabha and served with the committees on Estimates, Petitions; Standing committees on Defence and Finance, it was officially learnt.