Balbir Punj is a journalist and columnist from India who has written on events in Hindi-English newspapers and magazines since the early 1990s.
Currently, he writes a regular column for the daily newspaper Punjab Kesari, Dainik Jagran, Amar Ujala and a bunch of other regional papers.
In English dailies, He occasionally writes for Hindustan Times,[4][5][6] The Indian Express[7] and "ThePrint"[8] Until some time ago, balbir punj was also writing for years in “The New Indian Express”,[9] Asian Age,[10] Mail Today (India Today),[11] and Outlook.
[12] In the past, Balbir Punj exposed Booker Prize winner and ultra-Leftist Arundhati Roy's lies in her 7-page-long (approx.
"[This quote needs a citation] The then Rajya Sabha MP Balbir Punj pointed out, the late Jafri's daughters didn't live in Gujarat – something that was also corroborated by his own son.
"[This quote needs a citation] As Punj noted: “When a reputed weekly like Outlook publishes a Booker Prize-winner, it is meant to be serious commentary.”[14] In her that article, Arundhati also wrote: "Last night a friend from Baroda called.
[This quote needs a citation] Balbir Punj took up this incident in his rejoinder published as "Dissimulation In Word and Images" in Outlook, July 8, 2002.
He wrote, "Shocked by this despicable 'incident', the then BJP Rajya Sabha MP Balbir Punj got in touch with the Gujarat government.
The police investigations revealed that no such case involving someone called Sayeeda had been reported either in urban or rural Baroda.
Subsequently, the police sought Roy's help to identify the victim and seek access to witnesses who could lead them to those guilty of this crime.
But surprisingly, the magazine did not carry the text of Rohith’s suicide note – without doubt the most important document in this glum episode.
Of course I must credit both groups for making, introducing me to wonderful literature and people.” “I myself strike these words,” he wrote below these lines and signed.
Punj then wrote 'Letter to the Editor' of the Indian Express about his claims that "I am grateful to Ms. Narayani Gupta for her informed feedback to my article "Ignorance Isn't bliss".
A little objective perusal of history can help us with the relevant source for Mahmud of Ghazni, who “took a vow to wage jihad every year against Indian idolators”.
According to the Tarikh-e-Sultan Mahmud-e-Ghaznavi Or the History of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni' (Translated 1908) by George Roos-Keppel, Qazi Abdul Ghani Khan, when offered a huge ransom by a vanquished Hindu king, Mahmud replied, "In the religion of the Musalmans it is (laid down that this is) a meritorious act that anyone who may destroy the place of worship of the heathen he will reap great reward on the day of judgment.
Does one have to be a historian to recall the horrors of 1947, destruction of temples of Kashi, Mathura and Ayodhya or near complete decimation of non-Muslims in Afghanistan, Pakistan & Kashmir Valley?
[22] Punj has served BJP party as its national secretary, and as in charge of several states, including Gujarat, Punjab, Kerala and Himachal Pradesh.
He is a board member (Non-Official) of Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala India-Nepal Foundation (BPKF) under Ministry of External Affairs, India since July 2017.