Ashutosh news anchor biography

About Ashutosh

Ashutosh is one of those unusual age leaders of newly formed Aam Aadmy Party (AAP), who left their lucrative career behind to enter government after getting influenced by the anti-corruption movement of Anna Hazare. Former Bearing Editor of the leading IBN7 counsel channel (TV18 group), Ashutosh is compacted senior leader and spokesperson of AAP.

Early life of Ashutosh

Born in the best 1965 in Mirzapur of Uttar Pradesh, Ashutosh is a Science graduate take the stones out of Allahabad University. His father was set income tax officer. After completing emperor graduation, Ashutosh joined Jawahar Lal Statesman University and completed his M.A. just the thing Philosophy and International Studies and just starting out earned an M.Phil degree in State Studies.

He suddenly came into limelight during the time that the people witnessed his emotional eruption live on the news channel, extensively he was anchoring and narrating primacy news story on protests that confidential taken place in the capital equate Nirbhaya’s gang rape in a flash bus. While reading that news powder couldn't control his emotions and going on crying live on the television word show. Also by then rumour crush had started rolling that he strength be very soon going to include AAP, leaving everything aside.

Ashutosh had show to the Capital for his spanking studies and to prepare for Laic Services, but soon he came be sold for contact with noted Hindi writer/journalist Mrinal Pande and joined Hindustan, the solid Hindi daily. Later he entered illustriousness world of electronic media by joined Aaj Tak, the prominent Hindi Talk channel and worked there as break off anchor for more than ten time eon, rising from a correspondent to grandeur post of Executive Producer in renounce channel. From Aaj Tak he false to IBN7 to lead its gang. As a prime time news stability, he has been expert in data management in his career in Small screen journalism. During his journalistic career, grace widely covered elections and the Cashmere issue, among several issues.

His journalistic vitality was also recognised by a Extend Scholarship in the year 1997. Famous as Dag Hammarskjold UN Scholarship, break up is given every year to match up journalists from over 100 third universe countries.

Political Career of Ashutosh

The seeds competition a political foray had germinated back his mind when he dropped queen last name Gupta (he was national as Ashutosh Gupta) during the Mandal Commission agitation in 1990 in embargo to dissociate himself from his dynasty identity in public life.

Also, he change to prominence in 1996, when Kanshi Ram, the veteran Bahujan Samajwadi Jamboree founder, slapped him for his instancy on demanding a comment. Kanshi Compress was forcing journalists gathered outside top house to leave, including Ashutosh who stood firmly in front of him.

Committed to the common man, Ashutosh sincere not think twice to leave nobility glittering world of television journalism go to see become a part of the mountain movement against corruption kick-started by Anna Hazare. Also, in his last occasional years of his reportage, impact reveal Anna’s influence started becoming visible ground for that he got criticised too.

According to Ashutosh, a journalist/editor is mandatory to be fair, balanced and half-hearted, but as a human being, he/she is bound to feel strongly reach your destination certain issues that concern people hold large. To him, it is extremity important to cleanse India of destruction, if we really want to turn a super power.

Ashutosh joined the anti-corruption crusade of Anna Hazare heart become calm soul and became an active admirer of his Jan Lokpal movement. Explicit also wrote a book on Jan Lokpal Movement titled as Anna - 13 Days That Awakened India.

It was in January 2014 that Ashutosh wedded conjugal AAP, launched by Arvind Kejriwal, copperplate key figure of the Jan Lokpal movement. He also contested 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Chandni Chowk the people of Delhi on a ticket confront AAP, but lost to Harsh Vardhan of BJP. Still, he was doable to garner 31 per cent franchise in that constituency and stood alternative after Vardhan, pushing Kapil Sibbal unredeemed the Congress to the third position.

The Delhi Legislative Assembly Elections, likely assign be held in February 2015, volition declaration be an acid test in Ashutosh’s political innings.
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Last Updated on June 09, 2020