Shankudeb Panda
| Shankudeb Panda | |
|---|---|
| Ex President of All India Trinamool Student Congress | |
| Succeeded by | Ashok Rudra |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | AITMC(Removed from Party) |
| Alma mater | Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri Law College, Kolkata |
| Profession | Politician, Advocate , Reporter |
| Religion | Hindu |
Shankudeb Panda (born 31 July 1980) was the State General Secretary of All India Trinamool Congress, a political party in India. He was removed from all the posts he held in the party on 14 December 2015, on charges of corruption.[1] Before joining Trinamool Congress, he worked as a Journalist of a second string Bengali new channel NE Bangla. In 2008, he conducted an unauthorized sting operation voluntarily on Mohammed Ilyas, the then CPI MLA from Nandigram, and claimed to have caught him on camera, taking money in lieu of his constituency's developmental work.[2][3]
In 2014, He was accused to be involved in Saradha Group financial scandal, currently investigated by Central Bureau of Investigation. In March 2016 Narada sting operation released a video showing him asking for stake in the fictitious company Impex against favours he would do for Impex. [4]
References
- ↑ http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/saradha-scam-tmc-removes-party-general-secretary-shankudeb-panda-after-cbi-grills-him/articleshow/50177800.cms
- ↑ "Mamata handpicks young journo to head students wing". Indianexpress.com. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ↑ "Young journalist made TMC youth wing president". Education Master. 7 May 2012. Archived from the original on 8 May 2012.
- ↑ "shankudeb panda admits of taking money for party as cbi quizzes tmc leader". ABP. 3 Dec 2015.