Sachin Pilot is a mass leader who has been winning millions of hearts across India following an approach of simple living and high thinking. Akanksha Anande finds out how this leader has been a great crowd puller who attracts his huge fan no matter he is in northern part of India or in the sountern part, eastern or western belt…
Sachin Pilot is the youngest MP to be elected in the 14th Lok sabha from the Dausa parliamentary constituency of Rajasthan.
Holding an MBA degree from Wharton business school, Pilot is a young, intelligent and dynamic leader who is fluent in speaking Hindi and English.
With his strong communication skills, he has been leading from the front in Indian politics.
The young leader knows how to connect with masses and hence appeals all with his simple approach.
He is a grassroots leader who wears jeans, T-shirts and dhoti with equal elan and has no hesitance in calling spade a spade.
Pilot Youngest MP
He has been inspired a lot by Rajesh Pilot, his father, who was a Congress leader who wanted Sachin to be an Air Force pilot. Sachin Pilot on 6 September 2012 became the first Union minister of India to be commissioned as an officer in 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.”
Sachin Pilot’s family
Pilot was born to late Congress leader Rajesh Pilot and Rama Pilot. Former was a Union minister of India with his ancestral village being in Vaidpura in Noida Uttar Pradesh.
Sachin completed his schooling at Air Force Bal Bharti School, New Delhi and holds a B.A. from St Stephens College, University of Delhi, a diploma in marketing from IMT Ghaziabad and an MBA from the Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania.
He has worked with the Delhi Bureau of the British Broadcasting Corporation as well as with American multinational corporation GM (General Motors) for two years.
Sachin was also a co-author of the book “Rajesh pilot: In spirit forever.”. The book was published in 2000.
This man of intellectual sense has been winning masses with great conversational skills. He is also known to lend his ears to the problems of people and is known to be close to farmers and hence is also called as pro-farmer leader.
The leader is also an iconic youth leader who supports youngsters in Congress and also addresses them in his speech and sessions to motivate them.
Isn’t it the time to say we need more such leaders to infuse energy amongst youngsters?