Ashutosh (politician)

Aashutosh (born 1965) is an Indian journalist and former politician of the Aam Aadmi Party. He was the spokesperson of the Aam Aadmi Party. He was previously associated with IBN 7, an Indian news television channel, as a News anchor and Managing Editor. Currently he is running an online digital news portal Satya Hindi.com. [1] On 15 August 2018 Ashutosh resigned from Aam Aadmi Party citing his personal reasons.[2]

Ashutosh Gupta
Born
Ashutosh Gupta

1965 (age 54–55)
Varanasi, India
OccupationJournalist

Early life and Education

Ashutosh was born in 1965 in Varanasi, where his father was an officer. He graduated in science from Allahabad University. He earned an M. Phil. (Soviet Studies) and M.A. (Politics & International Studies) from Jawahar Lal Nehru University, New Delhi.[3] In 1988, Ashutosh was amongst the few who took the TOEFL exam in Devanagari script.

Political career

He was among close confidants of Arvind Kejriwal when the group was part of Anna Hazare's anti-corruption movement. Against Hazare's wishes, the group floated a political outfit named Aam Adami Party. The party did well in Delhi Vidhan Sabha polls in 2013 and formed government with outside support by Congress. But soon Kejriwal resigned. The party lost all 7 seats to BJP in Delhi in 2014 Lok Sabha polls. Ashutosh contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Chandni Chowk against Kapil Sibal of Congress and Harsh Vardhan of the BJP.[4] He garnered more votes than Kapil Sibal of the Congress, but lost out to Dr Harsh Vardhan of the BJP.

Aam Admi Party swept to power winning 67 out of 70 seats for Delhi Vidhan Sabha in February 2015. But several top leaders did not contest the polls themselves and concentrated on strategy. Yogendra Yadav, Prashant Bhushan, Ashutosh, Atishi Marlena were among the main leaders who did not contest the elections. [5]

Recognition

In August 2018 Power Brands awarded Ashutosh the Bharatiya Manavata Vikas Puraskar for being a fearless and dynamic beacon and the voice of change, for his commitment to the very highest of political ideals and his unflinching personal integrity.[6][7]

Books

Ashutosh has written a book on Anna Hazare's August 2011 movement, against Corruption. The book is titled Anna: 13 Days That Awakened India. A new book named 'Mukhote Ka Rajdharm' was released on 17 February 2015.

References
  1. "Ashutosh Managing Editor, IBN7". Network 18. Archived from the original on 18 March 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  2. "AAP leader Ashutosh resigns from party, cites 'personal reason'". 15 August 2018.
  3. "The positive interventionist". The Sunday Indian. 6 May 2011.
  4. "AAP releases its list of first 20 Candidates for Lok Sabha Polls 2014". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 16 February 2014. .
  5. https://www.indiatoday.in/assembly-elections-2015/delhi/story/delhi-assembly-election-results-arvind-kejriwal-aap-239725-2015-02-11
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 May 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/shabana-azmi-nandita-das-receive-bharatiya-manavata-vikas-puraskar-118083000834_1.html
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