Pawan Kumar Bansal dropped, Manish Tewari is Congress pick for Chandigarh Anandpur Sahib MP to take on BJP’s Tandon
Sandeep Rana
Chandigarh, April 13
BRIEF
1Did his schooling from St John’s High School, Sector 26,
2. BA (Economics) from DAV College, Sector 10
3.pursued law (LLB) and Master of Business Administration (MBA).
4.Former Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting, has a house in Sector 4.
5. An advocate by profession,
6. His father Dr VN Tewari was assassinated by terrorists at their then Sector 24 home in Chandigarh on April 3, 1984 . He was professor of comparative modern Indian literature in Panjab University and a nominated MP.
7. Tewari’s mother Prof Amrit Tewari, a Padma Shri recipient, was a former Dean of the PGI. She had passed away following a cardiac arrest in 2018.
8. “He is the real local leader, who was born and brought up in the city. His parents were also settled here,”
9.HE even as Anandpur Sahib MP has given open heartedly MPLAD funds for projects like open air gyms in Chandigarh parks.
AAP’s unconditional support
As committed to support the Congress in Chandigarh, no matter who the candidate is. We will definitely support the Congress candidate unconditionally and wholeheartedly. — Prem Garg, senior AAP leader
Reacting to Tewari’s candidature, senior AAP leader Prem Garg said, “AAP has committed to support the Congress in Chandigarh, no matter who the candidate is. We will definitely support the Congress candidate unconditionally and wholeheartedly. Selection of the candidate is internal matter of the Congress and AAP never suggested any names.”
Congress list of 16 out
- Manish Tewari fielded from Chandigarh, Vikramaditya from Mandi and Vinod Sultanpuri from Shimla (SC)
- Deepender likely to be fielded from Rohtak, Kumari Selja from Sirsa (SC) and Varun Mullana from Ambala (SC)
- In Punjab, Charanjit Channi likely from Jalandhar (SC), Dharamvira Gandhi from Patiala, Gurjit Aujla from Amritsar, Amar Singh from Fatehgarh Sahib and Sukhpal Khaira from Sangrur