I’ve been a journalist and columnist for over three decades, having worked in both print and television. Today, I am Member of Parliament-elect for the Rajya Sabha from the All-India Trinamool Congress. Many are asking: why would a journalist, especially someone who has previously inveighed against journalists taking Rajya Sabha berths, throw past statements to the wind and choose to now join a political party? That too an opposition party when we are heading into the 2024 general election, which is apparently a “done deal” for the ruling BJP? This election is seen as one that will establish India as a single-leader, single-party “democracy”, where, if analysts are to be believed, the opposition has no hope of winning.
