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Topic: Kuldeep Bishnoi

BJP’s Bishnoi problem: Row stirred by Rekha Sharma over late CM Bhajan Lal isn’t going away

MP Sharma's ‘badmaashi’ remark about Kuldeep Bishnoi’s father has triggered war of words within Haryana BJP, with Bishnoi demanding apology & party leadership threatening action.

BJP squirms as MP Rekha Sharma’s ‘badmash’ remark triggers backlash from Bhajan Lal clan, Oppn

Rajya Sabha MP Rekha Sharma’s remarks in Panchkula targeting Bhajan Lal opens old wounds, unites Oppn and Bishnoi community against BJP, and exposes cracks within ruling party.

After Adampur loss, Kuldeep Bishnoi faces heat from community, caught in power tussle with mahasabha head

Akhil Bhartiya Bishnoi Mahasabha chief Devendra Buria and patron Kuldeep Bishnoi have removed each other from their respective posts through separate letters shared on X.

After BJP snubs Kuldeep Bishnoi for Hisar, backlash in Haryana’s Adampur. ‘Low turnout or NOTA’

It’s a muted election season in Haryana’s Adampur, and all eyes are on Kuldeep Bishnoi. The big question: Will he stand by the BJP after they sidelined him?

Khattar’s anecdote at Hisar rally stirs up row ahead of polls. ‘Kuldeep, entire Bishnoi community upset’

The former Haryana CM narrated anecdote about bribery without taking names but apparently referring to Kuldeep's father & ex-CM Bhajan Lal. Later said remarks were wrongly projected.

No LS ticket, not in star campaigners’ list — Kuldeep Bishnoi on political margins after joining BJP

Son of former Haryana CM Bhajan Lal, Bishnoi defected to BJP from Congress in August 2022. But he is far from the centre stage, with little to show other than Adampur assembly seat.

‘Why does the city belong more to men?’ — how Indian women are reclaiming public spaces

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

A big-ticket wedding for BJP leader Kuldeep Bishnoi’s MLA son & IAS fiancée — 4 cities, 3 lakh invites

Over 1.5 lakh expected to attend nuptial events of Bhavya & Pari. Card-and-'peele chawal' invites to go to all in family's Adampur seat. BJP leader visits 86 villages to extend personal invites.

Now, Kuldeep Bishnoi seeks BJP ticket from Hisar, LS seat proving thorn in alliance talks with JJP

Hisar is currently represented by Brijendra Singh of the BJP, who won the seat in 2019 by defeating Dushyant Chautala of JJP and Kuldeep Bishnoi's son Bhavya, then with the Congress.

Bhavya Bishnoi wins Adampur bypoll to keep flag of Bhajan Lal’s clan flying in Haryana

Adampur bypoll was necessitated after Kuldeep Bishnoi resigned from Congress & switched to BJP. Bhavya wins by 16,000-plus votes over his nearest rival Jai Parkash of Congress

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Pakistan’s paradox under Asim Munir: A broker for the world, a bruised state for citizens

Pakistan is busy monetising on geopolitical disorder even as disorder consumes its own peripheries.

Despite PM Modi’s appeal to cut fertiliser use, farmers show no sign of scaling back—Parliament data

Combined sales of urea, DAP, MOP and complex fertilisers rose 25 percent in April even as Modi asked farmers to cut chemical fertiliser use by up to half to save soil and foreign exchange

Gen VN Sharma, who led Army in the turbulent late eighties, dies at 97

Hailing from an illustrious military family, he was son of Maj Gen Amar Nath Sharma. His eldest brother Maj Som Nath Sharma is the first recipient of the posthumous Param Vir Chakra.

Youth’s struggles won’t end with Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation. Govt must decentralise education

Our education system is a destroyer of all talent by enforcing learning by rote, pushing students to coaching classes to ‘crack’ competitive exams. And then, papers leak.