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'''Ashutosh''' (born 1965) is an Indian leftist journalist and former politician of the [[Aam Aadmi Party]]. He was the spokesperson of the Aam Aadmi Party. He is the Co-founder and Editorial Director of SatyaHindi,<ref>https://www.satyahindi.com/delhi/rajdhani-school-owner-gets-bail-in-delhi-riots-case-111028.html</ref><ref>https://www.mediatodays.com/satya-hindi</ref><ref>https://www.satyahindi.com/team-satya/ashutosh.html</ref> He was previously associated with IBN 7, an Indian news television channel, as a News anchor and managing editor.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ashutosh Managing Editor, IBN7|url=http://www.network18online.com/people.html#ashutosh|newspaper=Network 18|access-date=18 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130318201420/http://www.network18online.com/people.html#ashutosh|archive-date=18 March 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 15 August 2018 Ashutosh resigned from [[Aam Aadmi Party]] citing his personal reasons.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/aap-leader-ashutosh-resigns-from-party-cites-personal-reason-5307554/|title=AAP leader Ashutosh resigns from party, cites 'personal reason'|date=15 August 2018}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Ashutosh was born in 1965 in [[Varanasi]], where his father was an officer. He graduated in science from [[Allahabad University]]. He earned an M.Phil. (Social Studies) and M.A. (Politics & International Studies) from [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi|Jawahar Lal Nehru University]], [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{cite news|title=The positive interventionist|url=http://www.thesundayindian.com/article_print.php?article_id=14759|newspaper=The Sunday Indian |date=6 May 2011}}</ref>

==Political career==
He was among close confidants of Arvind Kejriwal when the group was part of Anna Hazare's anti-corruption movement. Against Hazare's wishes, the group floated a political outfit named [[Aam Aadmi Party|Aam Adami Party]]. The party did well in Delhi Vidhan Sabha polls in 2013 and formed government with outside support by Congress. But soon Kejriwal resigned. The party lost all 7 seats to BJP in Delhi in 2014 Lok Sabha polls. Ashutosh contested the [[2014 Indian general election|2014 Lok Sabha elections]] from [[Chandni Chowk (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chandni Chowk]] against [[Kapil Sibal]] of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] and [[Harsh Vardhan (Delhi politician)|Harsh Vardhan]] of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]].<ref>{{cite web|title=AAP releases its list of first 20 Candidates for Lok Sabha Polls 2014 | url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/02/aap-releases-its-list-of-first-20-candidates-for-lok-sabha-polls-2014/|work=IANS|publisher=news.biharprabha.com|access-date=16 February 2014}} .</ref> He garnered more votes than Kapil Sibal of the Congress, but lost out to Dr Harsh Vardhan of the BJP.

Aam Admi Party swept to power winning 67 out of 70 seats for Delhi Vidhan Sabha in February 2015. But several top leaders did not contest the polls themselves and concentrated on strategy. [[Yogendra Yadav]], [[Prashant Bhushan]], Ashutosh, [[Atishi Marlena]] were among the main leaders who did not contest the elections.<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 11, 2015|first=Heena |last=Kausar|title=This is the team behind Kejriwal's poll strategies|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/assembly-elections-2015/delhi/story/delhi-assembly-election-results-arvind-kejriwal-aap-239725-2015-02-11|access-date=4 September 2020|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>

==Books==
Ashutosh has written a book on [[Anna Hazare]]'s August 2011 movement, against [[Corruption in India|Corruption]]. The book is titled ''[[Anna: 13 Days That Awakened India]]''.
A new book named [[The Crown Prince, the Gladiator and the Hope: Battle for Change]] was released in February 2015. The book is based on the story of politics on 2014.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ashutosh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U7XRBgAAQBAJ|title=The Crown Prince, the Gladiator and the Hope: Battle for Change|date=15 February 2015|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=978-93-5177-198-2|language=en}}</ref> Another book titled [[Mukhote ka Rajdharm]] written by Ashutosh was published in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Details: Vani Prakashan|url=http://www.vaniprakashan.in/details.php?lang=H&prod_id=7270&title=%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%96%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE|access-date=18 September 2020|website=www.vaniprakashan.in}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Twitter}}
*[https://www.satyahindi.com/ Hindi News]

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