CHANDIGARH, April 27 -- For the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the SAD has chosen Hardeep Buterla, a politician-cum-businessman, to contest against BJP's Sanjay Tandon and Congress's Manish Tewari in the UT.

Chandigarh is gearing up for a three-cornered contest with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) announcing councillor Hardeep Buterla as its candidate for the Lok Sabha constituency from Chandigarh on Monday. This announcement by SAD chief Sukhbir Badal marks the party's first-ever participation in the Lok Sabha polls in Chandigarh.

Hardeep Buterla, aged 41 and a resident of Buterla, has a political background with his father, Gurnam Singh, and brother, Malkiat Singh, previously serving as councillors of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation...