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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian journalist and politician (born 1968)}}<br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Kunal Kumar Ghosh<br />
| alt = কুণাল কুমার ঘোষ<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1968|06|20}}<br />
| birth_place = North [[Kolkata, West Bengal]], India<br />
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| occupation = Journalist, politician<br />
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]<br />
| term_start = 3 April 2012<br />
| term_end = 2 April 2018<br />
| predecessor = [[R. C. Singh]]<br />
| successor = [[Subhashish Chakraborty]]<br />
| constituency = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from West Bengal|West Bengal]]<br />
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]<br />
| parents = <br />
| website = {{url|https://www.facebook.com/kgspeak}}<br />
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'''Kunal Ghosh''' (''Kunal Kumar Ghosh'' [[Bengali language|[Bengali]]: কুণাল কুমার ঘোষ]; born 20 June 1968) is an Indian journalist and politician. He is a member of the [[All India Trinamool Congress]] (TMC) and a former member of the [[Parliament of India]], representing [[West Bengal]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]].<br />
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== Journalism and political career ==<br />
Ghosh worked for [[Channel 10 (India)|Channel 10]], as well as several newspapers. Ghosh holds the position of "message editor" of ''Prabaha'', the first private news magazine in Bengal.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Ekhon BiswaBangla Sangbad|title=বাংলা সাংবাদিকতায় প্রথম, টেলিভিশন নিউজ ম্যাগাজিন 'প্রবাহ'। আর একবার ইতিহাস ছুঁয়ে দেখা।|url=https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=853884218758487}}</ref> His first byline story was in ''Patrika'' of the [[Anandabazar Patrika|Anandabazar]] 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".<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|first=ek phone ek lakh|title=ek phone ek lakh|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/1phonay1lakh/videos}}</ref><br />
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A [[first information report]] was filed against Ghosh at the [[Bhowanipore]] police station by employees of the closed Bengali daily newspaper ''[[Sakalbela]]'' for non-payment of salaries, and another at the [[Park Street, Kolkata|Park Street]] police station by employees of Channel 10 for a similar reason. He was later interrogated by the police on these charges.<br />
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In 2013, Ghosh was accused in the [[Saradha Group financial scandal|Saradha chit fund]] scam.<ref>{{Cite news|title=WHAT IS SARADHA SCAM CASE|url=https://www.business-standard.com/about/what-is-saradha-scam}}</ref> He was arrested by the Mamata Banerjee-constituted special investigation team (SIT) on 24 November 2013. Less than two months later, the TMC suspended him for six years for publicly criticising the party. Following this action, Ghosh repeatedly dragged the TMC chief's name into the [[Saradha Group financial scandal]], one of the biggest political scandals in West Bengal. He had urged the [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] (CBI) to interrogate Banerjee in connection with the scam and called her the ‘biggest beneficiary’ of the Saradha group's media operations.<br />
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Ghosh has reportedly returned the money that he earned from Saradha Group as salary and for advertisements paid to him by Saradha Group while he worked for the media company.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Trinamool's Kunal Ghosh returns Rs 2.67 crore Saradha money to Enforcement Directorate|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/trinamool-kunal-ghosh-rs-2-67-crore-saradha-money-enforcement-directorate-ed-1780617-2021-03-18}}</ref><br />
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=== Other positions held in Parliament ===<br />
* July 2020: Appointed State spokesperson of Trinamool Congress.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Rebel Kunal back in TMC as a state spokesperson.|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/rebel-kunal-back-in-tmc-as-a-state-spokesperson/articleshow/77230125.cms}}</ref><br />
* June 2021: Appointed as the State General Secretary of Trinamool Congress.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Kunal Ghosh, Who Called Mamata 'Biggest Beneficiary' of Saradha Scam, Is Now a TMC Spokesperson|url=https://thewire.in/politics/kunal-ghosh-who-called-mamata-biggest-beneficiary-of-saradha-scam-is-now-a-tmc-spokesperson}}</ref> <br />
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== Honors ==<br />
In 2019, Ghosh inaugurated the "Mamata Setu"(Bridge) in [[Cooch Behar]] with the help of his MP-LAD fund.<ref>{{Cite news|title=|url=https://bengali.oneindia.com/news/west-bengal/ex-mp-kunal-ghosh-builds-a-bridge-and-names-mamata-setu-065677.html}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:West Bengal politicians]]<br />
[[Category:All India Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:Rajya Sabha members from West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:Indian prisoners and detainees]]<br />
[[Category:Crime in West Bengal]]<br />
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