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nAshutosh is a former senior AAP leader. He had resigned from AAP because of serious differences with autocrat Arvind Kejriwal. He was once the face of Aaj Tak andnlater rose to become the managing director of IBN 7, a Hindi news channel.nUnfortunately, during his last few months as a journalist, he turned the newsnroom into a political propaganda house for AAP which led to the fall of IBN 7.nHe remained quite a controversial figure on social media.
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nProfile ofnAshutosh
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nAshutosh wasnborn in 1965 in Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. His father – Mr. S L N Gupta – was annIncome Tax Officer and hence Ashutosh had a lavish lifestyle from hisnchildhood. He is a Bania by caste and had dropped surname – Gupta – during the Mandalnagitation. The motive was to demote the use of caste in the public life. It isnsaddening to see that such a person become completely casteist in recentnmonths.
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nAshutosh Guptandid schooling from Varanasi and later shifted to Allahabad University fornGraduation. Then, he went to the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhinfrom where he completed M. A. and M. Phil.
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nAshutosh wasnpreparing for Civil Services when a chance meeting with Mrinal Pandey, thenprominent Hindu print journalist, changed his future. Mirnal got impressed withnthe outlook and attitude of Ashutosh and asked him to join Hindustan, the HindinNewspaper. Since then, there is no looking back for Ashutosh. He joined Aaj Taknand become the Executive Producer of this channel starting from a localncorrespondent. His journalistic career is bright apart from his last few monthsnwhere he was abusing the journalistic ethics by openly taking sides of ArvindnKejriwal.
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nWife of AshutoshnGupta
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nAshutosh isnmarried to Maneesha Taneja. That was a love marriage and Ashutosh parentsnopposed the relationship. Maneesha was a junior to Ashutosh in JNU from where,nlike Ashutosh, she has also done M. A. and M. Phil. It is said that Maneeshanwas the main reason why Ashutosh couldn’t crack UPSC Civil Services Prelims innhis two attempts and later accepted the offer of Mrinal Pandey to become anjournalist.
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nAccording to thenaffidavit filed by Ashutosh during the last Lok Sabha Election, he and his wifenhave property worth Rs. 8 Crores. Needless to say, the valuation is as perncircle rate. If you go by market rate, they are richer by many more times.nObviously, Ashutosh is not an Aam Aadmi as rightly pointed by few media houses.
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nThere is nonother information available in the public domain about children of Ashutosh. Henonly shares information about his two dogs – sometimes with idiotic English.
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nControversies
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nEver sincenAshutosh joined AAP, he has constantly been in controversy. When ArvindnKejriwal was detained by Election Commission in Gujarat, he led a gang of goonsnand attacked the BJP history. That incident is a blot on the Indian democracy.
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nHe is also quitenpoor when it comes to English language. He can’t write a simple sentence. Hisnvocabulary is pathetic. His sentence construction is outrageous. Some examplesnare attached with this post.
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nAshutosh wasnalso in news for comparing an alleged rapist Sandip Kumar with Mahatma Gandhi,nJ L Nehru and Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He seems to indicate that there is nothingnwrong in political leaders taking sexual favors from gullible women. His idioticndefense of Sandeep Kumar and SEX CD embarrassed the party.
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nGirlfriend ofnAshutosh Gupta
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nA picture isnbeing shared on the social media where Ashutosh is seen getting close to angirl. This is not a morphed picture, but it also doesn’t indicate anything.nFortunately, the face of the girl has been concealed.
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nThere is nothingnwrong in criticizing someone. There is nothing wrong in peaceful protestnagainst Ashutosh backing of Sandeep Kumar. But, sharing images over social medianwithout any proof is a moral crime.
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