Sachin Pilot

Sachin Pilot (born 7 September 1977) is an Indian member of Parliament. He represents the Ajmer constituency of Rajasthan and is a member of the Indian National Congress. He is presently the Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.

Early life

Sachin Pilot was born in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, to Rajesh Pilot of village Baidpura District, Ghaziabad now Gautam Budh Nagar (Noida).

He went to Air Force Bal Bharati School in New Delhi and then completed his B.A. (Hons) at St. Stephens College, University of Delhi, Delhi and M.B.A at Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.

Political career

On returning to India, Sachin Pilot was inducted into the Indian National Congress party on the 10 February 2002.

On 13 May 2004, Sachin Pilot was elected to the 14th Lok Sabha (Lower House) seat from the Dausa Parliamentary Constituency of Rajasthan, with a margin of over 1.2 lac votes. On 16 May 2009, he was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from the Ajmer Constituency. He had to shift his constituency due to delimitation. He defeated Bharatiya Janata Party's Kiran Maheshwari by a margin of over 76,000 votes due to swing of the Jat community (major community in Ajmer) votes in favour of Congress.

At the of 26, he became the youngest Member of Parliament in the country. He is a member of the Parliaments...
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