Subhash Chandra
Essel Group founder-chairman; ex-Rajya Sabha MP
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Subhash Chandra is an Indian businessman who founded Zee TV in 1992 and Zee News in 1999 and chairs the Essel Group. He resigned as chairman of Zee Entertainment in 2019 and was made its chairman emeritus in 2020. He represented Haryana in the Rajya Sabha from August 2016 to August 2022, elected as an independent with the support of BJP legislators, and lost a 2022 Rajya Sabha contest in Rajasthan as a BJP-backed independent.Sources:1Wikipedia: Subhash Chandra, Wikipedia (source, opens in a new tab)
Roles and connections
- Essel GroupFounder and chairmanIndian conglomerate founded by Subhash Chandra; founder of Zee Media
- DNA IndiaOwner of DNA India: Founder and chairman of the Essel GroupIndian news website of Zee Media, formerly the DNA newspaper
- Bharatiya Janata PartyMember of the Rajya Sabha from Haryana (2016–2022), elected as an independent backed by BJP legislatorsGoverning political party in India
- Bharatiya Janata PartyBJP-backed independent candidate for the Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan (2022, lost)Governing political party in India
- Essel GroupFounder and chairmanIndian conglomerate founded by Subhash Chandra; founder of Zee Media
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