8Photo© hindustantimes.comBJP fields former diplomat Taranjit Singh Sandhu from Amritsar, drops actor Sunny Deol from Gurdaspur
On Saturday, the BJP announced its eighth list of candidates for 11 more Lok Sabha constituencies, including several leaders who recently joined the party from different parties, such as Bhartruhari Mahtab, Ravneet Singh Bittu, Sushil Kumar Rinku, and Preneet Kaur.
- Born into a family of educationists on January 23, 1963, Taranjit Singh Sandhu attended The Lawrence School, Sanawar in Himachal Pradesh He later graduated with Honors in History from St. Stephen's College, Delhi, before pursuing a Master’s Degree in International Relations at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
-Taranjit Singh Sandhu entered the Indian Foreign Service in 1988 after passing the civil services examination, according to the official website of the Indian Embassy to the US. He embarked on his diplomatic journey in the former Soviet Union (Russia), where he served as Third Secretary (Political) / Second Secretary (Commercial) at the Indian Mission from 1990 to 1992.