Saket Gokhale | |
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| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| Assumed office 18 July 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Luizinho Faleiro |
| Constituency | West Bengal |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Known for | RTI Activism |
Saket Gokhale is an Indian RTI activist and politician, current spokesperson of Trinamool Congress.[1] He joined TMC in 2021.[2] He had also worked as a correspondent at the Financial Times, and at the Hindustan Times. Now he is the member of Rajya Sabha from West Bengal.[2]
Legal affairs
In December 2022, he was arrested over a tweet for posting alleged misinformation about 2022 Morbi bridge collapse.[3][4] After getting bail from a metropolitan court in Ahmedabad, he was re-arrested over the same tweet in a matter of few hours.[5] On 10 December, he was freed on bail.[6] In January 2023, Gokhale was arrested again by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) with allegations of money laundering.[7]
References
- ↑ "Rise of Saket Gokhale amid hiccups: RTI activist to TMC spokesperson to its Rajya Sabha new face". The Indian Express. 2023-07-11. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
- 1 2 "RTI activist Saket Gokhale joins Trinamool Congress". The Indian Express. 2021-08-12. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
- ↑ "TMC spokesperson Saket Gokhale arrested over tweet on Morbi bridge". Hindustan Times. 2022-12-06. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
- ↑ "'Very bad... arrested because he tweeted against PM': Mamata backs Saket Gokhale". Hindustan Times. 2022-12-06. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
- ↑ "Saket Gokhale Arrest News: TMC's Saket Gokhale freed on bail, rearrested in Ahmedabad - Ahmedabad News". The Times of India. 2022-12-09. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
- ↑ https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/bail-for-saket-gokhale-after-second-arrest/cid/1903027
- ↑ "ED to court: TMC's Saket Gokhale used crowd fund on wining-dining, stock trading". The Indian Express. 26 January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
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