Hyderabad: BJP MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy on Thursday (15 July) flew the standing committee of Parliament on Tourism and Civil Aviation, thereby marking a memorable event in Indian history. Manoj Tiwari, the Member of Parliament Delhi (North-East) and Former Delhi President of Bharatiya Janata Party took to the microblogging site and shared a video highlighting the historic flight and tweeted,"5 July 21, What happened today will be remembered.. Today our Parliamentary Committee reached Kochi in Kerala from Mahabalipuram. An important meeting was held with the key officials of all the ports and airports of Kerala. Dedicated to development, development and development, the MPs led by PM Narendra Govt can do a lot through this committee."
A senior Member of Parliament and former Union Minister Rudy who captained the flight is heard saying, "It's wonderful to see cheers on everyone's faces. Today's flight, in Indian history is a remarkable one. Also for all those passengers who are not a part of the Parliamentary Committee, this is going to be a very special and a unique flight. Special because, all of you are there and unique because in the history of Indian Parliament, possibly, it is going to happen for the first time that a Member of Parliament is going to fly the Standing Committee of Parliament on Tourism and Civil Aviation. That never happened and you all are a part of it. We all are very distinguished people, our Chairman Mr Venkatesh, former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Mr Sushil Modi, former Uttarakhand CM Mr Tirath Singh Rawat and many others. Mr Manoj and family and many others. Hence, it is a wonderful day."
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The Politician turned Pilot, had earlier too hogged the limelight for having flown DMK's Parliamentarian Dayanidhi Maran from New Delhi to Chennai, In 2017, also he had flown his fellow Cabinet members Ananth Kumar, Smriti Irani, Ajay Tamta and several other journos and government functionaries all the way from Ahmedabad to Delhi, for the wedding of then Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad's daughter.
In November 2014, Rudy was appointed the MoS for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge) in the PM Modi government, a key ministry involving 'Make in India' and PM's attempts in making India a production hub. He also worked jointly in the Parliamentary Affairs department with another Minister of State, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi. Rudy who had earlier served as BJP's General Secretary, had left the post on having joined the government. Rudy, who holds a commercial pilot's license (CPL) had made it into the 'Limca Book of Records' for being the only parliamentarian to fly an Airbus-320 for a commercial airlines.
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