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| According to ], Kulkarni as Executive Editor, transformed ''Blitz'' from a left-wing newspaper into a BJP-oriented publication.<ref name="Zakaria2004"/> | According to ], Kulkarni as Executive Editor, transformed ''Blitz'' from a left-wing newspaper into a BJP-oriented publication.<ref name="Zakaria2004"/> | ||
| In 2008 a televised ] carried out by Kulkarni and another BJP activist, ] of ] One ] each being offered to three BJP MPs to seek their support in the trust vote in Parliament in July 2008. A parliamentary panel probed the operation and asked the Delhi Police to investigate those involved including Kulkarni. On 17 July 2011, two of those involved were taken into custody for questioning. Kulkarni who has been earlier questioned by the Kishore Chandra Deo committee said that he had been interrogated by the Delhi Police on the matter and that he was prepared for further interrogation by Delhi Police | |||
| He has subsequently been implicated in the 2008 ] and in July 2011 it was announced that he had been questioned by police investigating the affair following an inquiry by parliament.<ref>{{cite newspaper |title=Prepared to be quizzed in cash-for-vote sting: Kulkarni |newspaper=Hindustan Times |date=20 July 2011 |agency=Press Trust pf India |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Prepared-to-be-quizzed-in-cash-for-vote-sting-Kulkarni/Article1-723424.aspx |accessdate=2011-07-21}}</ref> | |||
| <ref> {{cite web | url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/Prepared-to-be-quizzed-in-cash-for-vote-sting-Kulkarni/Article1-723424.aspx | title = Prepared to be quizzed in cash-for-vote sting: Kulkarni | accessdate = 2011-07-21 | date = 2011-07-20 | work = Hindustan Times}}</ref> | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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Sudheendra Kulkarni is an Indian politician and columnist. He is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, earning a B. Tech in Civil Engineering in 1982. He began his political career as a full time activist for the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He became a member of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 1996. He has been associated with such initiatives as Delhi–Lahore Bus and India Shining. He has helped former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee write his speeches. A 2008 Outlook article describes him as a strategist for Lal Krishna Advani. Kulkarni resigned from the BJP in 2009.
According to Rafiq Zakaria, Kulkarni as Executive Editor, transformed Blitz from a left-wing newspaper into a BJP-oriented publication.
In 2008 a televised sting operation carried out by Kulkarni and another BJP activist, showed a bribe of Rupees One Crore each being offered to three BJP MPs to seek their support in the trust vote in Parliament in July 2008. A parliamentary panel probed the operation and asked the Delhi Police to investigate those involved including Kulkarni. On 17 July 2011, two of those involved were taken into custody for questioning. Kulkarni who has been earlier questioned by the Kishore Chandra Deo committee said that he had been interrogated by the Delhi Police on the matter and that he was prepared for further interrogation by Delhi Police
References
- "Sudheendra Kulkarni - 'Finding your Passion'". Student Alumni Relations Cell, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
- ^ Rafiq Zakaria (2004). Indian Muslims: where have they gone wrong?. Popular Prakashan. pp. 348–. ISBN 9788179912010. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
- "Strategy Mian". Outlook. Outlook Publishing (India) Pvt. Ltd. 22 September 2008. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
- "Advani's key aide Sudheendra Kulkarni quits BJP". Hindustan Times. 23 August 2009. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
- "Prepared to be quizzed in cash-for-vote sting: Kulkarni". Hindustan Times. 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2011-07-21.