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{{Short description|Indian newspaper editor}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=March 2018}}
'''Barjinder Singh Hamdard''' is the managing editor of the Punjabi newspaper ''[[Daily Ajit]]''<ref>{{cite book|title=Punjab 2000: political and socio-economic developments |pages=319 |publisher=Anamika Publishers & Distributors |year=2001}}</ref> and he is also an ex-parliamentarian of India's upper house, [[Rajya Sabha]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The parliament of India directory: members of Lok Sabha/Rajya Sabha, parliamentary committees |author=D. Y. Giri Babu |pages=3 |publisher=Adset Communications |year=2001}}</ref> He is the son of famous Punjabi journalist and writer [[Sadhu Singh Hamdard]].

==Punjabi politics==
Hamdard led a coalition in opposition to [[Amarinder Singh]] after Singh took office and withdrew government advertising from Ajit newspapers.<ref>{{cite news|title=SAD, BJP, BSP criticise Punjab govt |date=2002-05-07 |access-date=2013-05-27 |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-05-07/chandigarh/27126079_1_ajit-newspapers-advertisements|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629123949/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-05-07/chandigarh/27126079_1_ajit-newspapers-advertisements|url-status=dead|newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |archive-date=2013-06-29}}</ref>

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