Sachin Pilot (born 7 September 1977) is an Indian politician of Indian National Congress. Earlier he served as the MoS (Independent charge) Corporate Affairs & MoS Communication & IT, Government of India, Deputy Chief Minister of

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and also President of the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee. As Member of the

Congress party The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

, he has represented the Tonk assembly seat in Rajasthan since 2018. Sachin became the youngest citizen of India to become

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. Pilot was previously a member of the

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for the

Ajmer Ajmer is one of the major and oldest cities in the Indian state of Rajasthan and the centre of the eponymous Ajmer District. It is located at the centre of Rajasthan. It is also known as heart of Rajasthan. The city was established as "''Aj ...

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

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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

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. He studied at

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, 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

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, Philadelphia, USA. He was employed with the Delhi Bureau of the

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, and then with American multinational corporation General Motors for two years.

Electoral history

Career

In the

2004 Lok Sabha elections General elections were held in India in four phases between 20 April and 10 May 2004. Over 670 million people were eligible to vote, electing 543 members of the 14th Lok Sabha. Seven states also held assembly elections to elect state governme ...

, 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

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Kiran Maheshwari Kiran Maheshwari (29 October 1961 – 30 November 2020) was an Indian politician from Rajasthan state, belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party. Biography She served as Member of Parliament for Udaipur constituency in the 14th Lok Sabha (20 ...

by a margin of 76,596 votes and won the seat of

. Pilot was a member of the

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'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 The Second ministry of Manmohan Singh came into existence after the general election in 2009. The results of the election were announced on 16 May 2009 and led to the formation of the 15th Lok Sabha. Manmohan Singh took the oath as the 13th Pri ...

. 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

'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

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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

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

. The

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on 14 July 2020, sacked Sachin Pilot as the

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and

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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

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, but on 15 July 2020 he rejected the rumours and stated: "I am still a member of the Congress party". The Rajasthan Speaker,

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, issued notices to 19 dissident

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MLAs including Sachin Pilot on 14 July 2020 after the

Rajasthan Congress Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee (RPCC) is the Pradesh Congress Committee (state wing) of the Indian National Congress (INC) serving in the state of Rajasthan.

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

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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.Sarah Abdullah and Sachin Pilot
.(2008-11-06). Retrieved on 5 April 2012. 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.

References

External links

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