India, March 30 -- Former Indian ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu will make his electoral debut as the BJP fielded him from Amritsar in the Lok Sabha election 2024, days after he joined the party. The BJP on Saturday released the 8th list of candidates announcing names from 11 constituencies in Odisha, Punjab and West Bengal. Former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh's wife Preneet Kaur who is also a new entry to the party got the ticket from Patiala, the constituency that she represented from the Congress. Bollywood actor Sunny Deol who was known for his poor attendance in Parliament after he became an MP from Gurdaspur has been dropped. Dinesh Singh Babbu has been fielded from the constituency instead.

In Odisha, where the...