Supriya Shrinate

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Supriya Shrinate
Chairperson of All India Congress Committee (Social Media & Digital Platforms Department)
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Assumed office
20 June 2022

Supriya Shrinate (born 27 October 1977), also known as Supriya Srinet, [3] is an Indian politician and former journalist who is a national spokesperson for the Indian National Congress. [4] [5] She contested the 2019 Indian general election (Lok Sabha election) from Maharajganj constituency and lost. [6] [7] [8] [9]

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Shrinate worked for 18 years as a journalist. She began her career with India Today and later joined NDTV as an assistant editor. She was working as an executive editor for ET Now of The Times Group when she became active in politics. [10] [11] [12] [13]

Early life and education

Shrinate is the daughter of former MP Harsh Vardhan from the Congress. [14] She was educated at the Loreto Convent Lucknow. [15] She then graduated with a Master of Arts in History from the University of Delhi. [16]

Journalism

Shrinate worked for 18 years as a journalist in the print and electronic media. In 2001, she began her career with India Today as a special correspondent. In 2004, she joined NDTV as an assistant editor. In 2008, she joined ET Now as chief editor – news. She was named policy editor and executive editor for ET Now the same year. [17]

Politics

In 2019, she resigned from her post as an executive editor in ET Now to contest the 2019 Indian general election. [18] [19] [20] She contested the Maharajganj constituency as an Indian National Congress candidate and lost to Pankaj Choudhary of BJP, coming in third with 72,516 votes and 5.91% of the vote and her deposit was forfeited since she was unable to secure enough votes. [21]

She also ran from election from the same constituency from which her father harsh vardhan had earlier been an MP. According to her 2019 Lok Sabha election nomination filing, she has a net worth of 8.5 crores. [22]

In 2019, she was appointed as the spokesperson of the All India Congress Committee. [23] She participated in TV debates as Congress spokesperson. [24] [25] [26]

She also participated in the UP Assembly Elections 2022 as a star campaigner of the Indian National Congress. [27] Congress won only 2% of the popular vote in this election.

In 2022, Shrinate was appointed Chairman of Social Media & Digital Platforms of the Indian National Congress. [28]

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