Jawhar Sircar

Former Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Jawhar Sircar on Monday opened up on why he quit the party and laid out five reasons for his resignation.

This came after the External Affairs Minister in an interview with ANI, revealed that his father Dr K Subrahmanyam was removed as secretary, defence production by former PM Indira Gandhi in 1980.

Senior Trinamool leader Sougata Roy Tuesday said Jawhar Sircar, who has criticised the corruption within the party, is free to leave as it does not need "selfish people at the time of crisis".

Modi's India has not seen such a worrisome breakdown of law and order, one that is so expressly violent and widespread in so many states.

The BJP will not contest the bypoll to a Rajya Sabha seat from Bengal, meaning the ruling Trinamool Congress' pick - ex-Prasad Bharti CEO Jawhar Sircar - will be elected unopposed.

Prasar Bharati CEO Jawhar Sircar has written to the Information and Broadcasting Ministry stating he wants to resign the post with effect from November 4.

Prasar Bharati favours more financial and administrative autonomy for the pubic broadcaster which is "neither anti-, nor pro-government".

He defended himself against charges made by Prasar Bharti CEO Jawhar Sircar -- about the 'shadow of government' leading to lack of credibility for the national broadcaster.

Amid allegations that an interview of Narendra Modi's was censored, the man in charge of running the national broadcaster Doordarshan has sought more autonomy in writing.

Former Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Jawhar Sircar on Monday opened up on why he quit the party and laid out five reasons for his resignation.

This came after the External Affairs Minister in an interview with ANI, revealed that his father Dr K Subrahmanyam was removed as secretary, defence production by former PM Indira Gandhi in 1980.

Senior Trinamool leader Sougata Roy Tuesday said Jawhar Sircar, who has criticised the corruption within the party, is free to leave as it does not need "selfish people at the time of crisis".

Modi's India has not seen such a worrisome breakdown of law and order, one that is so expressly violent and widespread in so many states.

The BJP will not contest the bypoll to a Rajya Sabha seat from Bengal, meaning the ruling Trinamool Congress' pick - ex-Prasad Bharti CEO Jawhar Sircar - will be elected unopposed.

Prasar Bharati CEO Jawhar Sircar has written to the Information and Broadcasting Ministry stating he wants to resign the post with effect from November 4.

Prasar Bharati favours more financial and administrative autonomy for the pubic broadcaster which is "neither anti-, nor pro-government".

He defended himself against charges made by Prasar Bharti CEO Jawhar Sircar -- about the 'shadow of government' leading to lack of credibility for the national broadcaster.

Amid allegations that an interview of Narendra Modi's was censored, the man in charge of running the national broadcaster Doordarshan has sought more autonomy in writing.