Jyotiraditya Scindia, who was inducted into the Union Cabinet on Wednesday evening, has been given charge of the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation. Also read Dr Ashwini Vaishnaw to be new Union Minister of Railways, ITA total of 22 MLAs loyal to Scindia had resigned triggering a crisis in the Kamal Nath government. He was the Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry in the UPA-II government between 2009 and 2012. Belonging to Gwalior royal family, Scindia was first elected to Lok Sabha from Guna in 2002 after his father Madhavrao Scindia died in an aeroplane crash. Jyotirdaditya Scindia suffered a shocking defeat from Guna parliamentary seat in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

Source: dna July 07, 2021 16:32 UTC