Rajiv Pratap Rudy

Rajiv Pratap Rudy (born on March 30, 1962) is a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Bihar, India. He is a National Spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He holds a Commercial Pilot’s License with the specialization to fly the A-320 from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-approved SimCenter in Miami, Florida.

Early life

The father of Rajiv Pratap Rudy and his several siblings died when Rajiv was aged five. They were brought up thereafter by their mother.^{[citation needed]}

Rajiv Rudy lectured at Anugrah Narayan College, Patna prior to entering state politics, but he had been involved in student politics while at Panjab University.^{[citation needed]}

He was elected in 1990 as an Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly.^{[citation needed]} Then aged 26, he was one of the youngest legislators.^{[citation needed]}

He was elected to the Lok Sabha - the lower house of the Parliament of India - as a candidate of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) in 1996.^{[citation needed]} His constituency was the remote rural area of Chapra in north Bihar.^{[citation needed]} Re–elected in 1999^{[citation needed]} and inducted as a Union Minister of State for Commerce & Industry, Rudy subsequently became Civil Aviation Minister with an independent charge in the National Democratic Alliance government led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee.^{[citation needed]}

Rudy has had involvement with the youth wing of the BJP and has held the post of National Vice President of the Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha. He is now a Member of the BJP National Executive and acts as the National Spokesperson for that party, with a specific responsibility relating to Goa.^{[citation needed]}

He is married to Neelam Pratap and has two daughters.

External links

• Rudy takes flight as an A320 pilot
• Co-Pilot Rajiv Pratap Rudy reporting for duty - Indian Express
• His 2004 election contest with Laloo Prasad Yadav - an article dated April 17, 2004
• Interview dated April 30, 2004 about repoll in Chhapra (2004)
• His address to the Second India-EU Business Summit (November 2001, New Delhi) as commerce minister on website of FICCI
• His speech at the International Convention on Special Economic Zone, March 2002, New Delhi as Minister of State for Commerce, India on FICCI website
• His photographs at FICCI seminar on 'Growth Through Partnership - Doing Business with East Europe' December 11, 2002, New Delhi
• His address at the above mentioned seminar as minister of state for commerce, India
• His speech at 'Interactive Meeting with Mr George Yeo, Hon'ble Minister for Trade & Industry, Singapore', November 26, 2002, New Delhi at FICCI website
• His photographs at above mentioned meeting on FICCI website
• His speech at 'India-Latin America Health Summit', September 18-21, 2002, New Delhi as Minister of State for Commerce, India on FICCI website
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