DELHEM. J. Akbar, a prominent Indian journalist, is being fielded by the Congress(1) as its candidate in Kishanganj constituency of eastern state of Bihar in the coming general election, Congress(1) sources said

Thirty eight year old Akbar has resigned from the editorship of the Calcutta based daily “The Tele graph” to join politics PTI.

Article extracted from this publication >>  November 3, 1989