Sanjay Tandon (born 10 September 1963) is an Indian politician in the

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. He is the BJP candidate in the 2024 Indian general election in Chandigarh. His father Balramji Das Tandon was the former

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and prominent BJP leader in Punjab. His father-in-law was Justice

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who retired as

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in 1998. He has authored his father's biography titled "Balramji Dass Tandon: Ek Prerak Charitra". He is also the author of an inspirational story book series called "Sunrays" which is foreworded by many major BJP leaders, including

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Education

Tandon completed his high school education from DAV Public School, Sector 8 in Chandigarh. Following which, Tandon did his B.Com (with Hons. in Accountancy) from Post Graduate Government College - 11, Chandigarh (then known as Government College for Men), Chandigarh; affiliated to

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. He became a Chartered Accountant in 1986 and

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in 1988.

Positions

He is currently a member of the following organizations. # A member of the Administrator's Advisory Council, Chandigarh Administration. # A member of the Standing Committee, Law & Order, Home Department, Chandigarh Administration. # A member of D.A.V. Management Committee Pratinidhi Sabha Tandon also owns an NGO by the name of Competent Foundation.

Political career

Tandon's political career began in 1991 when he was made the in-charge of the

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election in the

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constituency for BJP. In 1993, he played the role of the election in-charge of the

election for the BJP from

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constituency. Tandon was made a member of the BJP Executive in

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in 1995. In 1997, he was made the in-charge of the Assembly election for BJP from the

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constituency (

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) Tandon was made the convener of the Chartered Accounts Cell of BJP

In 2002, he was made the in-charge of Assembly elections for BJP in the Rajpura constituency (Punjab) In 2007, Tandon took over as the General Secretary of BJP Chandigarh Tandon launched the monthly magazine of the party called 'Chandigarh Kamal Samachar' in 2009. In the year 2009, He was made the in-charge of the Lok Sabha election when

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contested from the

seat for BJP. In January 2010, Tandon was selected as the State President of BJP Chandigarh Tandon was re-instated as the State President of BJP Chandigarh in January 2013 till 2023, following which, he was made the co-incharge for

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He is BJP's candidate for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from

, replacing incumbent MP

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Book writing

Tandon has co-authored seven books with his wife Priya S. Tandon. Each of the books in the Sunrays series contain 52 inspirational short stories. He has also authored his father's biography titled 'Balramji Das Tandon – Ek Prerak Charitra'. The foreword for the same has been written by K. C. Sudarshan,

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, L.K. Advani,

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, M. Venkaiah Naidu,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tandon, Sanjay 1963 births Living people Indian accountants 20th-century Indian biographers Writers from Amritsar Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Schools System alumni Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Chandigarh Panjab University alumni