Sanjay Tandon

Indian politician

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Sanjay Tandon

Born| 10 September 1963 (1963-09-10) (age 60)

Amritsar, Punjab, India

Political party| Bhartiya Janata Party
Spouse| Priya S Tandon

Sanjay Tandon (born 10 September 1963[1]) is an Indian politician in the Bhartiya Janata Party.[2] He is known for being the son of Balramji Das Tandon. This is for the first time that he is contesting an election. He is the BJP candidate for the 2024 Indian general election in Chandigarh.

His father was a BJP leader of Punjab, who served as a Municipal Councilor in Punjab for 14 years and won 6 assembly elections in Punjab. He has written his father's biography titled "Balramji Dass Tandon: Ek Prerak Charitra".[3] He got it signed by L. K. Advani. His father-in-law was Justice Madan Mohan Punchhi[4] who retired as Chief Justice of India in 1998. He has also written a inspirational story book series called "Sunrays" and got it signed by many major BJP leaders, once by Narendra Modi.

## Education[edit]

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 Panjab University, Chandigarh.[5]

## Positions[edit]

He is currently –

1. A member of the Administrator's Advisory Council, Chandigarh Administration.[6][7][8]
2. A member of the Standing Committee, Law & Order, Home Department, Chandigarh Administration.[9]
3. A member of D.A.V. Management Committee Pratinidhi Sabha

* Tandon also owns an NGO by the name of Competent Foundation.[10]

## Political career[edit]

Tandon's political career began in 1991 when he was made the in-charge of the Lok Sabha election in the Amritsar constituency for BJP. In 1993, he played the role of the election in-charge of the Lok Sabha election for the BJP from Jalandhar constituency. Tandon was made a member of the BJP Executive in Chandigarh in 1995. In 1997, he was made the in-charge of the Assembly election for BJP from the Rajpura constituency (Punjab)[11] Tandon was made the convener of the Chartered Accounts Cell of BJP Chandigarh[11] Again in 2002, he was made the in-charge of Assembly elections for BJP in the Rajpura constituency (Punjab)[11] In 2007, Tandon took over as the General Secretary of BJP Chandigarh[11] 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 Satya Pal Jain contested from the Chandigarh seat for BJP.[11] January 2010, Tandon was selected as the State President of BJP Chandigarh[12][13][14][15] Tandon was re-instated as the State President of BJP Chandigarh in January 2013.[16] He is BJP's candidate for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Chandigarh, replacing incumbent MP Kirron Kher.

## Book writing[edit]

He has co-authored seven books with his wife Priya S. Tandon. Each of the books in the Sunrays series contain 52 Inspirational Short Stories. They are –

Name of Book | Foreword written by

|

Sunrays for Sunday* | Balramji Dass Tandon and Justice Madan Mohan Punchhi
Sunrays for Monday* | Balramji Dass Tandon and Justice Madan Mohan Punchhi
Sunrays for Tuesday | Arun Jaitley, KV Kamath MD &CEO ICICI bank, Mukesh Ambani
Sunrays for Wednesday | Narendra Modi, OP Bhatt Chairman SBI, Sunil Kant Munjal
Sunrays for Thursday | Sushma Swaraj ,MK Kaw Former Education Secy Govt of India
Sunrays for Friday  | Mohan Bhagwat ji, Justice Jagdish Khehar and Nimish Pandeya[17]
Sunrays for Saturday  | Piyush Goyal, Vijay Shekhar Sharma Paytm and Deep Kalra make my trip

He also wrote his father's biography titled 'Balramji Das Tandon – Ek Prerak Charitra'. The foreword for the same has been written by senior leaders like – Sh. K. C. Sudarshan, Sh. Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Sh. L.K. Advani, Sh. Rajnath Singh, Sh. Prakash Singh Badal, Sh. Narendra Modi, Sh. Murli Manohar Joshi, Sh. M. Venkaiah Naidu, Sh. Arun Jaitley, Sh. Balbir Punj

## References[edit]

1. ^ Tandon, Sanjay (20 November 2013). "Biography – Sanjay Tandon". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
2. ^ Shri Sanjay Tandon Archived 21 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ "The Tribune". Archived from the original on 13 December 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
4. ^ "Supreme Court of India – Former Chief Justice' of India". supremecourtofindia.nic.in. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
5. ^ "My Background • Life in Chandigarh • Sanjay Tandon".
6. ^ Chandigarh Administration
7. ^ Chandigarh Official Website
8. ^ Indian Express
9. ^ The Tribune
10. ^ "Activities of Competent Foundation". Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
11. ^ a b c d e "Shri Sanjay Tandon | BJP Chandigarh Pradesh". Archived from the original on 15 March 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
12. ^ The India Post
13. ^ The Hindu
14. ^ The Indian Express
15. ^ WebIndia123
16. ^ Sanjay Tandon Re-elected as President – Day & Night News Archived 26 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine
17. ^ "Transforming Self-Nimish Pandya, All India President". Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations India. Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2019.

## External links[edit]

* Official website