Swapan Dasgupta

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Swapan Dasgupta (born 3 October 1955) is an Indian journalist and politician. He is influential within the Indian right wing, writing columns for leading English dailies espousing Hindu nationalism. He is a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha the upper house of the Parliament of India. He had resigned as MP to contest the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election with a BJP ticket and lost to AITC candidate Ramendu Sinha. He was renominated as MP again on 1 June 2021. rdf:langString
rdf:langString Swapan Dasgupta
rdf:langString Swapan Dasgupta
rdf:langString Swapan Dasgupta
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rdf:langString Journalist, Writer, Political analyst
rdf:langString Reshmi Ray Dasgupta
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xsd:date 2021-03-16
xsd:date 2022-04-24
xsd:date 2016-04-25
xsd:date 2021-06-01
rdf:langString Swapan Dasgupta (born 3 October 1955) is an Indian journalist and politician. He is influential within the Indian right wing, writing columns for leading English dailies espousing Hindu nationalism. He is a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha the upper house of the Parliament of India. He had resigned as MP to contest the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election with a BJP ticket and lost to AITC candidate Ramendu Sinha. He was renominated as MP again on 1 June 2021. Dasgupta was awarded Padma Bhushan (the third highest civilian award in India) in 2015, for his contribution to Literature and Education.
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