Kunal Ghosh
Kunal Ghosh | |
|---|---|
| Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 4 May 2026 | |
| Preceded by | Paresh Paul |
| Constituency | Beleghata |
| 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, All India Trinamool Congress | |
| Assumed office 2021 | |
| Spokesperson of All India Trinamool Congress | |
| Assumed office 2020 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 June 1968 Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Education | 10th (1985)[1] |
| Occupation | Spokesperson of AITC, politician |
Kunal Ghosh (born 20 June 1968) is an Indian politician and journalist. He is a member of the All India Trinamool Congress and a MLA from Beleghata. He is also a former MP, representing West Bengal in the Rajya Sabha.
Journalism
[edit]Ghosh was born in Kolkata as Kunal Kumar Ghosh. His father Late Kalyan Kumar Ghosh was a doctor. Kunal 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] He also holds the position of senior editor of Sangbad Pratidin newspaper.[4]
On 14 April 2013, FIR was filed against Sudipto Sen and Kunal Ghosh for the allegation of involvement in Saradha Group financial scandal.[5] Ghosh was the chief of Saradha Media. He was first arrested on 23 November 2013.[6] Central Bureau of Investigation investigated the case.[7] In 2014 he was guilty of attempting suicide inside jail.[8] On this occasion he had even said that Mamata Banerjee was the “biggest beneficiary” of the Saradha scam.[9][10][11] Ghosh was released from jail in October 2016 on bail almost after three years.[12] He 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.[13]
Political career
[edit]Other positions held in Parliament
[edit]Acting career
[edit]Kunal made his foray into the entertainment industry by acting in two Bangla films named Korpur and Shikor.[18][19] In March 2026, he announced his entry into the film "Faad", in which he will portray the character of a police officer.[20]
Post 2026 election incidences
[edit]In a protest, on 15 June 2026, outside the residence of Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee, a rotten egg was hurled at Ghosh after he came out of a meeting inside Banerjee's house. One Chandan later took responsibility for the given incident, claiming it as being a part of public resentment against Trinamool Congress. [21] [22]
In a separate incidence, the CID of West Bengal summoned and interrogate Ghosh for the while day in the MLAs forged signature case, in which Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee is the prime accused.[23] [24]
Honors
[edit]In 2019, Ghosh inaugurated the "Mamata Setu" (Bridge) in Cooch Behar with the help of his MP-LAD fund.[25]
Books
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ KUNAL KUMAR GHOSH. "Rajya Sabha Affidavits".
- ↑ Ekhon BiswaBangla Sangbad. "বাংলা সাংবাদিকতায় প্রথম, টেলিভিশন নিউজ ম্যাগাজিন 'প্রবাহ'। আর একবার ইতিহাস ছুঁয়ে দেখা।".
- ↑ ek phone ek lakh. "ek phone ek lakh".
- ↑ "Kunal Ghosh Archives — Sangbad Pratidin". Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ↑ "Our proximity was our power". Retrieved 2 July 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "After 34 months, Kunal gets interim bail". The Times of India. 6 October 2016. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ↑ "Saradha scam: CBI registers record 46 cases in a single day". The Hindu. 4 June 2014. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ↑ PTI (14 May 2022). "TMC's Kunal Ghosh guilty of attempting suicide in jail in 2014". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ↑ "Kunal Ghosh, former Rajya Sabha MP and an accused in Saradha scam, back in Trinamool fold". Frontline. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ↑ "Mamata Banerjee 'biggest beneficiary' of Saradha scam: Kunal Ghosh". The Times of India. 24 November 2014. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- 1 2 "Kunal Ghosh removed as TMC state general secretary". The Economic Times. 2 May 2024. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ↑ "Kunal Ghosh released from jail". Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ↑ "Trinamool's Kunal Ghosh returns Rs 2.67 crore Saradha money to Enforcement Directorate". India Today. 18 March 2021.
- ↑ "Rebel Kunal back in TMC as a state spokesperson". 29 July 2020 – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
- ↑ "Kunal Ghosh, Who Called Mamata 'Biggest Beneficiary' of Saradha Scam, Is Now a TMC Spokesperson". The Wire.
- ↑ "Beleghata election results 2026: TMC's Kunal Kumar Ghosh defeats BJP's Partha Chaudhury in West Bengal". The Times of India. 4 May 2026. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
- ↑ "Beleghata Election Results 2026 declared: TMC's Kunal Kumar Ghosh wins with 28576 votes". Zee News. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
- ↑ "Bratya Basu : ব্রাত্য বসুর নতুন ছবি 'শেকড়'". sheffieldttimes.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 23 March 2026.
- ↑ "Korpur film featuring TMC candidates triggers debate in poll-bound Bengal". Hindustan Times. 22 March 2026. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
- ↑ Bharat, E. T. V. (15 March 2026). "নেতা নয়, বড়পর্দায় পুলিশের ভূমিকায় কুণাল ঘোষ ! কোন ছবিতে". ETV Bharat News.
- ↑ "Eggs hurled at Kunal Ghosh". Times of India (in Bengali). Retrieved 16 June 2026.
- ↑ "Watch: Rotten Egg Thrown At TMC's Kunal Ghosh Outside Mamata Banerjee's House Amid Internal Party Rifts". The Sunday Guardian (in Bengali). Retrieved 16 June 2026.
- ↑ "West Bengal CID summons TMC MLA Kunal Ghosh in forged signatures case". The News Mill (in Bengali). Retrieved 16 June 2026.
- ↑ "Signature Forgery Case: CID Conducts Marathon Questioning Of TMC's Abhishek, Kunal Ghosh". Deccan Chronicle (in Bengali). Retrieved 16 June 2026.
- ↑ Ghoshal, Sanjay (10 November 2019). "মমতার নামে আস্ত সেতু তৈরি হল বাংলায়! তাক লাগালেন প্রাক্তন তৃণমূল সাংসদ কুণাল". bengali.oneindia.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ↑ "জেলে বসে কুণাল ঘোষের লেখা". Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 "Kunal Ghosh: নিজের লেখা বন্দির ডায়েরি পোস্ট করলেন কুণাল, ধুয়ে দিলেন নেটনাগরিকরা". Hindustantimes Bangla (in Bengali). 1 February 2023. Archived from the original on 23 September 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2025.