From MJ Akbar to Rajeev Chandrasekhar: Here are 9 journalists nominated to RS
The unexpected nomination of journalist Sagarika Ghose by the Trinamool Congress for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls has sparked a renewed discussion on the intersection of journalism and politics. In 2018, journalist Sevanti Ninan wrote that every time a media owner or journalist is nominated to the Rajya Sabha, “it evokes a passing bout of hand-wringing over journalistic independence”. On May 31, 2022, Subhash Chandra filed his nomination from Rajasthan for elections to the Rajya Sabha as an Independent candidate backed by the BJP, but he lost the election. Rajeev Chandrasekhar has been a three-term member of the Rajya Sabha since 2006, nominated by the BJP. He was renominated to the House by former President Ram Nath Kovind, a month after he resigned from the Rajya Sabha and unsuccessfully contested the West Bengal assembly election on a BJP ticket.
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