Sanjay Tandon

Sanjay Tandon (born 10 September 1963 ) is an Indian politician in the Bhartiya Janata Party.

His father Balramji Das Tandon was the former Governor of Chhattisgarh and prominent BJP leader in Punjab. His father-in-law was Justice Madan Mohan Punchhi who retired as Chief Justice of India 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 Narendra Modi.

Education Tandon completed his high school education from DAV Senior Secondary 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. He became a Chartered Accountant in 1986 and Cost Accountant in 1988.

Positions He is currently a member of the following organizations. A member of the Administrator's Advisory Council, Chandigarh Administration. Chairman – Standing committee of Administrators Advisory Council on Sports Management Chandigarh Administration A member of D.A.V. Management Committee Pratinidhi Sabha Governing Council Member, Women's Premier League (WPL), BCCI

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 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)

Tandon was made the convener of the Chartered Accounts Cell of BJP Chandigarh Tandon was re-instated as the State President of BJP Chandigarh in January 2013 till 2020, following which, he was made the co-incharge for Himachal Pradesh He was BJP's candidate for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Chandigarh, replacing incumbent MP Kirron Kher. Sunrays for Saturday Piyush Goyal, Vijay Shekhar Sharma (Founder Paytm) and Deep Kalra (Founder MakeMyTrip)

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, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, L.K. Advani, Rajnath Singh, Prakash Singh Badal, Narendra Modi, Murli Manohar Joshi, M. Venkaiah Naidu, Arun Jaitley, Balbir Punj