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{{short description|Indian journalist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Anuranjan Jha
| image = Anuranjan Jha in Newsroom.png
| caption = Anuranjan Jha
| native_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1977|03|01}}
| birth_place = [[Motihari]], [[Bihar]]
| education = [[Delhi University]] and [[Indian Institute of Mass Communication]] (IIMC)
| occupation = {{hlist|Journalist|author|activist}}
| relatives = [[Ramesh Chandra Jha]] (Grandfather)
[[Sanjeev K Jha]] (Cousin)
| website = {{URL|www.anuranjanjha.com/}}
}}

'''Anuranjan Jha''' is an Indian journalist and author.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jansatta.com/crime-news-hindi/bihar-liquor-ban-anuranjan-jha-book-jhoom-bottom-and-ballot-details-illegal-liquor-sale-and-paddler-gangs-activity/2031007/|title= ब‍िहार में शराबबंदी का असर|website=Jansatta|accessdate=5 February 2022}}</ref> For the past 28 years. He was the founder and CEO of "Media Sarkar", an [[online]] [[Current affairs (news format)|current affairs]] website that conducted controversial sting operation on [[Aam Aadmi Party]] in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/video/media-sarkar-aam-admi-party-sting-operation-anuranjan-jha-424761-2013-11-24/|title=Media Sarkar chief Anuranjan Jha hits back|date=24 November 2013|accessdate=16 July 2020}}</ref> Prior to that, Jha had launched India's first matrimonial television channel, Shagun TV. His career in journalism spans 25 years. Before launching [[Shagun TV]], Jha has worked with [[India TV]], [[Cobrapost]], [[Zee News]], [[Aaj Tak]], BAG Films, [[India News]] and [[Jansatta]], and was chief operating officer (COO) of CNEB, a news channel. He has published four books as an author- Ramlila Maidan, Gandhi Maidan, Jhoom and a fiction Haqeekat Nagar .<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mediakhabar.com/journalist-anuranjan-jha-book-ramlila-maidan/|title=वरिष्ठ पत्रकार अनुरंजन झा करेंगे 'रामलीला मैदान' की लीला का पर्दाफाश|date=9 May 2017|accessdate=26 December 2019}}</ref>

Currently living in [[Shrewsbury]], [[England]] and contributing as columnist in various national and international media houses including [[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/national/unsung-heroes-of-freedom-movement-from-a-man-who-saved-gandhi-life-to-elderly-woman-who-died-hoisting-tricolour-news-219093|title=An Unsung Hero From Bihar Who Saved Gandhi's Life During Freedom Struggle|date=26 August 2022|website=Outlook India|accessdate=18 February 2026}}</ref> He is associated as a President of the British organisation Gandhian Peace Society <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ptinews.com/press-release/pioneering-study-on-hinduphobia-by-gandhian-peace-society-highlights-systemic-challenges/2294664|title=Press Trust Of India|website=www.ptinews.com|accessdate=18 February 2026}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Jha hails from a small village called Phulwaria in [[East Champaran district]] of [[Bihar]]. His grandfather's elder brother [[Ramesh Chandra Jha]] was a freedom fighter and noted author. Jha graduated in history from [[University of Delhi]] and received a post-graduate diploma in Journalism from the [[Indian Institute of Mass Communication]]. Later, he also took a post-graduate degree in history from Sabarmati University and Masters in Journalism from GJU.

==Career==
Jha started his [[Journalism]] career with Print Media and worked with [[Indian Express]] and [[Jansatta]] as a [[correspondent]]. At the age of 30, Anuranjan Jha became an Editor and News Director of the Hindi news channel [[India News]]. He thereafter worked with companies like [[Zee news]], [[Aaj Tak]], BAG Films, [[India TV]], [[India News]], [[Cobrapost]], [[Jansatta]]. He subsequently became managing director of Vertent Media Soft Pvt. Ltd., a media company, where he helped launch a full-fledged 24-hour lifestyle/entertainment TV channel called Shagun TV, India's first matrimonial channel.<ref>[http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/09/07/tv/indian-tv-channel-seeks-prospective-brides-and-grooms/#.WEQrjrJ97IU/ Japan Times, 7 Sep 2013]</ref>

Anuranjan Jha founded Park Media Pvt Ltd. in 2009 and started a News and Investigative Web Portal mediasarkar.com in 2010. He is currently founder and CEO of Media Sarkar. He has been writing features, articles, columns on different social and political issues in many national newspapers, magazines and journals. In May 2013 International Magazine Arcade published him on the cover page.

Currently, Jha is writing for [[Outlook (Indian magazine)]] on [[International relations]] and [[politics]] from [[Shrewsbury]], [[England]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookhindi.com/world/general/russia-ukraine-war-how-far-is-europe-from-world-war-iii-65892|title=तीसरे विश्वयुद्ध से कितना दूर है यूरोप|website=Outlook Hindi|accessdate=3 March 2022}}</ref>

==Controversy==
Jha came into prominence when Media Sarkar, of which he was the founder and CEO, came out with video tapes to suggest that [[Aam Aadmi Party]](AAP) party members are corrupt.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/cities/delhi/aap-media-sarkar-trade-charges-26674.html|title=AAP, 'Media Sarkar' trade charges|work=The Statesman| first=Shafaque | last=Alam | date=24 November 2013|accessdate=25 September 2020}}</ref> On 21 November 2013, Jha revealed a footage from a sting operation in which he claimed that several AAP leaders were caught accepting money from individuals illegally.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/assembly-elections-2013/delhi-assembly-elections/AAP-gives-members-caught-in-sting-operation-clean-chit/articleshow/26331387.cms/|title=Times of India, 25 Nov 2013|newspaper=The Times of India |date=25 November 2013 |accessdate=26 December 2019}}</ref>

The AAP demanded the raw footage, which Jha refused to provide and invited several agencies and election commission of India to investigate the sting.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/aam-aadmi-party-sting-operation-shazia-ilmi-resignation-illegal-funds-media-sarkar-218322-2013-11-22|title=AAP sting operation: Website says will not give raw footage, 22 Nov 2013|accessdate=12 February 2020}}</ref>

==Literary works==

Anuranjan Jha's first book "Ramleela-Maidan" was published by Antika Prakashan in 2017. The book covers the Anna Hazare movement and discusses the rise and decline of the Aam Aadmi Party and its leader Arvind Kejriwal. His second book, 'Gandhi-Maidan. Bluff of Social Justice' focuses on Bihar’s political landscape and critically examines the narrative of social justice in the state’s power politics.

He later authored "Jhoom", in which he accounted harsh reality of liquor prohibition in Bihar."Jhoom".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/magazine/aha-zindagi/news/reviews-of-a-few-recently-published-books-128046975.html|title=हाल ही में प्रकाशित हुई चंद किताबों की समीक्षाएं|website=Dainik Bhaskar|accessdate=26 December 2021}}</ref> In 2022, the English edition of his first book, "Ramleela-Maidan" got published. In 2024, he published his first fiction work, Haqeeqat Nagar, which was formally launched by senior journalist [[Rajat Sharma]]

==Undercover investigative journalism==
Anuranjan Jha is also known for conducting and executing many thrilling, shocking and secret sting operations in India that have been carried out by different agencies, media houses and organisations over the years that created sensation in the nation and put his life in dangerous situations many times. Jha has allegedly exposed many faces, right from cricketers to politicians and even the Aam Aadmi Party and their politicians and rocked the entire country with the help of a few trusty colleagues and a couple of spy cams.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-ec-begins-inquiry-into-sting-against-aap-leaders-1923433/|title=DNA, Nov 22, 2013|accessdate= 2 June 2020}}</ref>

==Bhor Trust==
In 2016, Jha established a charitable trust called Bhor trust, to carry out work in the fields of [[Health]] and [[Education]] in rural [[Bihar]]. The trust also gives achiever awards and conducts literary festivals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookhindi.com/bihar-icons-2019/art-and-culture/diary/bhor-literature-festival-6993|title=Outlook Hindi|website=Outlook|accessdate=26 December 2019}}</ref>

==Achievements==
*मेरी दिल्ली अवार्ड (Meri Dilli Award) 2011<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://meridilliawards.com/site/gallery/meri-dilli-awards-2010/|title=Meri Dilli Awards " Meri Dilli Awards 2010|accessdate=26 December 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.mediasarkar.com/ Media Sarkar Official Website]
* [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-24727035/ BBC News, Delhi : Story : 31 Oct 2013]
* [https://www.indiatoday.in/television/top-stories/story/now-a-channel-on-matrimony-159170-2013-04-17 India Today, Delhi : Story : 18 April 2013]
* [http://www.firstpost.com/business/startups-business/match-made-on-tv-here-is-indias-first-24x7-channel-thats-all-about-weddings-1967807.html/ Firstpost : Story Features : 16 Apr 2014]
* [http://www.ibtimes.co.in/will-give-raw-video-to-ec-anuranjan-jha-on-sting-operation-on-aap-members-part-2-4446/ International Business Times, India Edition : Video Interview : 22 Nov 2013]
*[http://www.rajneetitimes.com/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1-%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BC/anuranjan-jha-interview.html/ Work is more important then organisation : Anuranjan Jha. INTERVIEW, 14 Aug 2009]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCw89o-yS8o/ Anuranjan Jha on Times Now, The Newshour Debate]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHDFmte5qLI/ Anuranjan Jha on ABP News]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANae85qf9E8/ Anuranjan Jha from Newsroom on CNEB]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlYXpk8nm_o/ Young Talk, CNEB]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbs3deNIImI/ Anuranjan Jha talks with Manoj Tiwari]

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RuebenFrankfurte at 00:44, 30 April 2026