Mamata's carrots

IN Media Watch Briefs | 21/03/2012

Of the four Trinamul Congress candidates filing their nominations for the Rajya Sabha - three are journalists  (extension of Mamata's  carrots to the media?)  Kunal Ghosh (CEO, Channel 10),  Vivek Gupta, Group Editor, Sanmarg  and  Md. Nadimul Haque , Head of 'Akhbar E Mashrique' Kolkata Edition. He is also the son of the owner of the Group. The fourth of course is Mukul Roy, the Railway Minister. Note that Mamata has given due representation to the Bengali, Hindi and Urdu Press. But sources say that if the party falls short of requisite votes to get all four candidates through (which seems likely now that the Congress has filed its own candidate), then it will be Vivek Gupta who will fall by the wayside as the Hindi-speaking votes are more expendable than the Bengali or Minority votes in the long run in West Bengal!