Former RS MP, senior BJP leader Balbir Punj passes away

Former Rajya Sabha MP, journalist and senior leader of the BJP, Balbir Punj, 76, passed away on Saturday evening, April 18, 2026, after suffering from illness for some time.

Mr. Punj, a former vice-president of the BJP and associated with the RSS from a young age, had a long career in public life, politics, policy circles and the media. He started his journalism career at the newspaper in 1971. Fatherlandlater served for twenty years Financial Expressand as managing editor Business and Politics Observer From May 1996 to March 2000.