‘I didn’t knock Mamata’s door’: Jawhar Sircar explains his entry into politics

In the latest edition of The Interview, former chief executive officer of Prasar Bharati Jawhar Sircar speaks to Hindustan Times and talks about his relations with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Sircar says that it was not he who knocked the door of the TMC supremo. Sircar has recently been nominated by the Trinamool Congress to the Upper House of Parliament. The Rajya Sabha seat of the ruling party in Bengal was left vacant after its former lawmaker Dinesh Trivedi jumped ship to the Bharatiya Janata Party before the assembly elections in the state earlier this year. Watch the full video for more.