In a rally for BJP candidate Sanjay Tandon in Chandigarh, UP CM Yogi Adityanath criticized Congress leaders Manish Tewari and Rahul Gandhi for their absence during the Covid crisis. He urged people to not vote for those who did not stand with them in tough times. Adityanath also accused Congress of wanting to give the country's wealth to Muslims and claimed that the party should build a temple in Sonia Gandhi's birthplace. He credited PM Narendra Modi for instilling fear in Pakistan and claimed that now even small incidents are denied by Islamabad.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has replaced two-time MP Kirron Kher with Sanjay Tandon as its candidate for the Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat. Tandon, a local resident and son of a former BJP leader, has been the party president in Chandigarh for almost a decade. This decision has caused surprise and division within the local BJP factions, as Kher has been the chosen candidate in the past two elections. This move highlights the ongoing internal struggles within the BJP in the run-up to the June 1 voting for the Chandigarh seat.
In a surprising move, the BJP has named former party's Chandigarh unit chief Sanjay Tandon as its Lok Sabha candidate in Union Territory of Chandigarh. Tandon will replace two-time MP Kirron Kher and will face competition from four-time former lawmaker and union minister Pawan Kumar Bansal of the Congress. The seat has also been allotted to the Congress by the AAP and the two parties have come together as part of the INDIA bloc.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has announced that Sanjay Tandon, a former Chandigarh BJP chief and son of former Punjab Deputy CM Balram Das Tandon, will be the party's candidate for the Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat, replacing incumbent MP Kirron Kher. This move comes after Kher's failure to shake off the "outsider" tag and the BJP's loss in the recent civic polls to debutant Aam Aadmi Party. Local leaders and residents have cited Kher's lack of accessibility and anti-incumbency as reasons for wanting a local candidate to represent the city.