A look at Jyotiraditya Scindia's tenure as Union Minister with the Congress

The 49-year-old, who has now joined the BJP, is known to be extremely courteous, though his haughtiness often betrays his royal lineage

The entry of former senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia into the BJP last week is being seen as a deft political move by the latter and a major embarrassment for the former by experts and commentators alike.

Forty-nine-year-old Scindia is a four-time member of Parliament from Guna Lok Sabha constituency in Madhya Pradesh, a former junior minister for commerce and telecommunication and also a former minister (independent charge) of power in the previous Congress-lead UPA regime from 2009.

Scindia, who had a near two-decade-long political career with the Congress, belonged to a band of politicians who were considered close to