Squadron Leader Rajeshwar Prasad Bidhuri (10 February 1945 – 11 June 2000), also known as Rajesh Pilot (UK: / ˈrɑːdʒɪʃpɑːɪllʌtə /) was an Indian politician, a minister in the Government of India and a former Indian Air Force officer. He belonged to the Indian National Congress party and represented the Dausa constituency in Lok Sabha. His original name was Rajesh Bidhuri. Rajesh Pilot died on 11 June 2000 in a car crash near Jaipur. New Delhi, June 11 : Senior Congress leader Rajesh Pilot 's promising career came to an abrupt and tragic end when his jeep collided with a bus in his Lok Sabha constituency Dausa, 90 km from Jaipur. Pilot was rushed to the SMS Medical College Hospital in Jaipur, but succumbed to injury. The ... Rajesh Pilot was an Indian politician and former Indian Air Force officer who served as a minister in the Government of India. He was a prominent Gurjar leader and a close associate of Rajiv Gandhi, and died in a car crash in 2000. File | Photo Credit: X Former Deputy Chief Minister and Congress leader Rajesh Pilot , father to Sachin Pilot, lost his life in a road accident on June 11, 2000.