Rajesh Pilot

Rajesh Pilot (died June 11, 2000) was an Indian politician and a minister in Government of India. He belonged to the Indian National Congress party and represented the Dausa constituency in Lok Sabha.

Rajesh Pilot was born in Viadpura, a village in Ghaziabad District or Uttar Pradesh, to an armyman. His birthname was Rajeshwar Prasad Singh Vidhudi. He was brought up in the poor family of his uncle, in Delhi. Before joining politics, he served as a pilot in Indian Air Force. Later, he adopted "Pilot" as his last name.

Rajesh Pilot resigned from the post of Squadron Leader to join the politics, under the influence of his friend Rajiv Gandhi, who later became the Prime Minister of India. He emerged as a major Gujjar leader. [cite web
url=http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/feb/14dausa.htm
title=BJP seeking to thwart Pilot on non-Gujjar votes
author=R R Nair
publisher=Rediff.com
date=1998-02-14
accessdate=2007-05-30] In his first election as a candidate, Pilot defeated the former queen of Bharatpur. He sent Chandraswami to the prison while he was Internal Security Minister. Later, he lost an election for the post of the Congress president to Sitaram Kesri, but kept himself in the first line of the Congress leaders.

Rajesh Pilot died on June 11, 2000 in a car accident near Jaipur

Rajesh Pilot Rashtriya Jan Kalyan Sangathan was established by Satish Chandra Sharma in Feb 2005 to commemorate Mr Pilot's vision for India. His son Sachin Pilot and wife Rama are the chief patrons of RPRJKS.

References

External Links

* [http://www.sachinpilot.com/rajesh-pilot/index.html Rajesh Pilot's Official Website]
* [http://www.sachinpilot.com Rajesh Pilot's son Official website]