Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
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| Constituency | Raiganj |
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| Born | November 13, 1945 Chirirbander, East Bengal |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Smt. Deepa Dasmunsi |
| Children | 1 son |
| Residence | Kolkata |
| As of February 25, 2006 Source: [1] |
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Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi (Bengali: প্রিয় রঞ্জন দাসমুনশি Prio Rônjon Dashmunshi; born November 13, 1945) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He was married in 1994 to Mrs. Deepa Dasmunshi, an actress from Kolkata. Mr. Dasmunsi represents the Raiganj constituency of West Bengal and is a member of the Indian National Congress party. He is currently the cabinet minister in Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. This posting has led to several controversial decisions, including several bans of Western television networks, including a three month ban on the Sony-owned television network AXN and Fashion TV following the broadcast of programs deemed 'obscene' by Dasmunsi.[1][2] Dasmunsi was also responsible for the popular, if controversial, decision to require Indian sports broadcaster Nimbus Communications to share broadcast rights for Indian cricket matches with the state television network, Doordarshan. This, despite the fact that Nimbus had paid hundreds of millions of dollars for the rights to broadcast Indian cricket matches over four years.[3]
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- Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
- AXN banned for broadcasting 'obscene' programming
- Dasmunsi called Nimbus Communications 'unpatriotic' for refusing to share a live feed of Indian cricket matches with state broadcast Doordarshan.
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