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Kunal Kumar Ghosh | |
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Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
In office 3 April 2012 –2 April 2018 | |
Preceded by | R. C. Singh |
Succeeded by | Subhashish Chakraborty |
Constituency | West Bengal |
State Secretary,Trinamool Congress | |
In office 2021–2024 | |
Spokesperson,Trinamool Congress | |
In office 2020–2024 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Kolkata,West Bengal,India | 20 June 1968
Political party | Trinamool Congress |
Education | 10th pass (1985) [1] |
Occupation | Spokesperson of AITC |
Kunal Ghosh (born 20 June 1968) is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Trinamool Congress and a former MP,representing West Bengal in the Rajya Sabha.
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. [2] His first byline story was in Patrika of the 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". [3]
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. [4]
He also holds the position of senior editor of Pratidin newspaper. [5]
In 2019,Ghosh inaugurated the "Mamata Setu"(Bridge) in Cooch Behar with the help of his MP-LAD fund. [8]