Chandan Mitra

Chandan Mitra (; 12 December 1954 – 1 September 2021) was an Indian journalist and politician who was the editor and managing director of ''The Pioneer'' 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. Provided by Wikipedia