<p>Chandigarh: The Congress on Saturday fielded two-time MP from Punjab Manish Tewari as its candidate from the Chandigarh <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/lok-sabha-elections-2024">Lok Sabha</a> seat.</p>.<p>Veteran party leader and former MP Pawan Kumar Bansal was also in the reckoning for the seat.</p>.<p>Tewari's candidature, along with 15 other candidates, was announced during a meeting of the Congress' central election committee in Delhi.</p>.Congress names old war horses for LS polls in Odisha.<p>A sitting MP from the Anandpur Sahib Lok Sabha constituency in Punjab, Tewari is a former union minister. He was elected as MP from Ludhiana in 2009.</p>.<p>The names of Tewari, Bansal and Chandigarh Congress president Harmohinder Singh Lucky were doing rounds for candidature from the Chandigarh parliamentary constituency, currently held by BJP MP Kirron Kher.</p>.<p>Tewari will face BJP candidate Sanjay Tandon in the electoral contest.</p>.<p>The BJP on Wednesday named Tandon, the former Chandigarh BJP president, as its candidate, replacing incumbent MP Kher.</p>.<p>Tewari won the 2019 Lok Sabha polls from the Anandpur Sahib seat, defeating Shiromani Akali Dal nominee Prem Singh Chandumajra.</p>.<p>Tewari's father V N Tewari was assassinated by terrorists in April 1984. He was an author, professor at the Panjab University, Chandigarh, and nominated MP.</p>.<p>Polling for the lone Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat will take place on June 1. </p>
<p>Chandigarh: The Congress on Saturday fielded two-time MP from Punjab Manish Tewari as its candidate from the Chandigarh <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/lok-sabha-elections-2024">Lok Sabha</a> seat.</p>.<p>Veteran party leader and former MP Pawan Kumar Bansal was also in the reckoning for the seat.</p>.<p>Tewari's candidature, along with 15 other candidates, was announced during a meeting of the Congress' central election committee in Delhi.</p>.Congress names old war horses for LS polls in Odisha.<p>A sitting MP from the Anandpur Sahib Lok Sabha constituency in Punjab, Tewari is a former union minister. He was elected as MP from Ludhiana in 2009.</p>.<p>The names of Tewari, Bansal and Chandigarh Congress president Harmohinder Singh Lucky were doing rounds for candidature from the Chandigarh parliamentary constituency, currently held by BJP MP Kirron Kher.</p>.<p>Tewari will face BJP candidate Sanjay Tandon in the electoral contest.</p>.<p>The BJP on Wednesday named Tandon, the former Chandigarh BJP president, as its candidate, replacing incumbent MP Kher.</p>.<p>Tewari won the 2019 Lok Sabha polls from the Anandpur Sahib seat, defeating Shiromani Akali Dal nominee Prem Singh Chandumajra.</p>.<p>Tewari's father V N Tewari was assassinated by terrorists in April 1984. He was an author, professor at the Panjab University, Chandigarh, and nominated MP.</p>.<p>Polling for the lone Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat will take place on June 1. </p>