AAP announced Rajya Sabha MP Sanjeev Arora as the candidate for Ludhiana West assembly bypoll, dismissing speculations about Arvind Kejriwal's entry into the upper House. Opposition criticized AAP, alleging an attempt to accommodate a non-Punjabi in Rajya Sabha from Punjab.
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