Lalji Tandon Politician

Lalji Tandon (born April 12, 1935) is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), known as a protege of Atal Bihari Vajpayee.In May 2009, he was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from Lucknow by a margin over 40,000 votes over Rita Bahuguna Joshi of Indian National Congress, the seat was earlier held by former BJP President, Atal Bihari Vajpayee since 1991, for four consecutive terms. Despite an enormous electoral spending, Akhilesh Das of Samajwadi Party (SP) polled third, trailing by 70 thousand votes.