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Madhavrao Scindia
by Ranga
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good wishes", so wrote the late Madhavrao Scindia before he affixed
his signature on his picture when I happened to meet him and draw his
sketch at his residence. Scindia was a minister in Rajiv Gandhi’s
council of ministers. He also became a minister during P.V. Narasimha
Rao’s Prime Ministership.
He began his political
career with the Jan Sangh, the earlier version of BJP. He won his first
Lok Sabha elections in 1971 from Guna in Madhya Pradesh. Scindia left
the Jan Sangh during the Emergency while his mother was in jail. In the
1984 elections, he defeated Atal Behari Vajpayee from Gwalior.
A man with dynamism and
grit, Scindia was also a keen sportsperson and especially loved playing
cricket and polo. He also loved art and literature. His study room was
packed with many art pieces, caricatures and literary collections. His
promising life came to an abrupt end when he died in an aircrash.
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