Chandan Mitra | |
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| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 27 August 2003 – 26 August 2009 | |
| Constituency | Nominated |
| In office 30 June 2010 – 29 June 2016 | |
| Constituency | Madhya Pradesh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 December 1954 Howrah, West Bengal, India |
| Died | 1 September 2021 (aged 65) Delhi, India |
| Political party | All India Trinamool Congress (2018-2021) |
| Other political affiliations | Bharatiya Janata Party (2010-2018) |
| Spouse | Swati Mitra (1977-1999) Shobori Ganguli |
| Children | 2 (Kushan Mitra, Shakya Mitra) |
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| Education | Delhi University (BA, MA) Magdalen College, Oxford (DPhil) |
| Profession | Journalist |
Chandan Mitra (Bengali: চন্দন মিত্র; 12 December 1954 – 1 September 2021) was an Indian journalist and politician who was the editor and managing director of The Pioneer[1] newspaper in Delhi.
He was also a two-term member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian parliament, serving between 2003 and 2009 as a nominated member from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and between 2003 and 2009 as an elected member from the state of Madhya Pradesh, again from BJP. He quit BJP and joined the All India Trinamool Congress in 2018.[2]
Chandan Mitra, a former BJP cadre, who joined TMC last year, admitted that he was taken aback by the saffron party's spectacular performance