His ancestors were from an agricultural family and with army background from Lahore division of Central Punjab.
[6] Kanwar Sandhu started his journalism career with the North Western India's premier English language newspaper "The Tribune".
[7] Kanwar Sandhu defeated the veteran leader Jagmohan Singh Kang by a margin of over 2000 votes.
[8][9] He was elected as a member of Punjab Legislative Assembly from Kharar in 2017 on an Aam Aadmi Party ticket.
Since I have stepped aside due to differences over autonomy and other issues, I am confident promises made then and now will be fulfilled.