Kunal Ghosh (born 20 June 1968) is an Indian politician. He is a member of the

Trinamool Congress The All India Trinamool Congress (; AITC), simply known as Trinamool Congress, is an Indian political party that is mainly influential in the Federated state, state of West Bengal. It was founded by Mamata Banerjee on 1 January 1998 as a Lis ...

and a former MP, representing

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in the

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Journalism

Ghosh worked for Channel 10, as well as several newspapers. Ghosh holds the position of "message editor" of ''Prabaha'', the first private news magazine in Bengal. His first byline story was in ''Patrika'' of the

Anandabazar ''Anandabazar Patrika'' is an Indian Bengali-language daily newspaper owned by the ABP Group. Its main competitors are ''Bartaman'', ''Ei Samay Sangbadpatra, Ei Samay'', ''Sangbad Pratidin'', "Aajkal", "Jago Bangla", "ganashakti" and "dainik St ...

newspaper group. He then worked on multiple papers, including Aajkaal's ''Khela Patrika''. His work at channel 10 included the show "''Ek Phone e Ek Lakh''". Ghosh has reportedly returned ₹ 2.67 crores that he earned from Saradha Group as salary and for advertisements paid to him by Saradha Group while he worked for the media company. He also holds the position of senior editor of Sangbad Pratidin newspaper.

Political career

Other positions held in Parliament

* July 2020: Appointed State spokesperson of Trinamool Congress. * June 2021: Appointed as the State General Secretary of Trinamool Congress.

Honors

In 2019, Ghosh inaugurated the "Mamata Setu"(Bridge) in

Cooch Behar Cooch Behar (), also known as Koch Bihar, is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal and it stands on bank of the Torsa river. The city is the headquarters of the Cooch Behar district. During the British Raj, Cooch Behar was the seat of the ...

with the help of his MP-LAD fund.

References

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