Newly inducted Union Cabinet Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday assumed charge of the Ministry of Civil Aviation. Scindia was accompanied by Gen (Retd) VK Singh, who assumed the charge as the Minister of State for Civil Aviation from his predecessor Hardeep Puri.

Scindia has taken over the charge of the ministry at a time when the civil aviation sector is facing hurdles due to the covid pandemic which has impacted overall demand and has also resulted in financial woes for the industry players. The government is also moving ahead with the disinvestment process for the national carrier Air India.

Scindia resigned from Congress and joined BJP in March 2020. His move triggered series of events that finally culminated in the collapse of the Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh and paved the way for the saffron party to assume power which it lost towards the end of 2018.

Born on January 1, 1971, and educated in Harvard and Stanford institutions, Scindia has traversed a long way after contesting his maiden election as a Congress candidate in 2002, a bypoll in the Guna Lok Sabha constituency, which was held because of the sudden death of his father, Madhavrao Scindia, in a plane crash.

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