BJP replaces Kirron Kher with Sanjay Tandon in Chandigarh

The Bharatiya Janata Party on April 10 announced the candidature of Sanjay Tandon from the Chandigarh Lok Sabha constituency, in place of sitting MP Kirron Kher.

Mr. Tandon, who was earlier the BJP’s Chandigarh president, is at present the party’s co-incharge for Himachal Pradesh. He is the son of late Balramji Das Tandon, the former Governor of Chhattisgarh.

The election to the lone Lok Sabha seat of Chandigarh will be held on June 1, along with Punjab.

Actor-turned-politician Kirron Kher became an MP from Chandigarh in 2014. She won the seat again won in 2019.