Ex-diplomat Taranjit Sandhu in BJP's 8th list, actor Sunny Deol dropped

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BJP on Saturday announced its 8th list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections..

Notably, the ruling party has fielded former diplomat Taranjit Sandhu from Amritsar seat and dropped actor and sitting MP Sunny Deol from Gurdaspur..

The party has announced candidates for six of the 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab...

Former Congress stalwarts Preneet Kaur and Ravneet Singh Bittu have emerged as prominent figures in the BJP's lineup, with Kaur slated to contest from her traditional stronghold of Patiala and Bittu from Ludhiana...

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