In more shake up as India nears the Lok Sabha elections, author and journalist MJ Akbar joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).<br />According to BJP sources, the noted journalist will be appointed as the party's spokesperson. He is among several new entrants in the party.<br />Akbar, who was associated with the Congress when Rajiv Gandhi was Prime Minister, will be among the party's panelists for television.<br />MJ Akbar is a senior journalist and has headed the leading weekly India Today, launched The Sunday Guardian newspaper and the founder and former editor-in-chief and managing director of The Asian Age newspaper. <br /><br />As part of its diversification process, The Sunday Guardian is now a part of Information TV Group managed by Kartikeya Sharma, Managing Director Information TV Group, which also runs India News and NewsX channels. <br /><br /><br />Kartikeya Sharma runs one of the best professionally managed networks in News Industry. <br />In today's competitive environment, one can only survive through his hard work and that is what Kartikeya Sharma has done.
